Laura Codruța Kövesi
| Laura Codruța Kövesi | |
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| Chief Prosecutor of the National Anticorruption Directorate | |
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Assumed office 17 May 2013 |
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| President |
Traian Băsescu Klaus Iohannis |
| Prime Minister |
Victor Ponta Dacian Cioloș Sorin Grindeanu |
| Prosecutor General of Romania | |
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In office 2 October 2006 – 2 October 2012 |
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| President | Traian Băsescu |
| Prime Minister |
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu Emil Boc Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu Victor Ponta |
| Preceded by | Ilie Botoș |
| Succeeded by | Tiberiu Nițu |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Laura Codruța Lascu May 15, 1973 Sfântu Gheorghe, Covasna County, Romania |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Spouse(s) | Eduard Kövesi (m. 2002–07) |
| Children | None |
| Parents | Ioan Lascu (father) |
| Residence | Bucharest |
| Alma mater | Babeș-Bolyai University |
| Religion | Romanian Orthodox |
Laura Codruța Kövesi (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈla.ura koˈdrut͡sa ˈkøveʃi]; born Laura Codruța Lascu on May 15, 1973) is the current chief prosecutor of Romania's National Anticorruption Directorate (Romanian: Direcția Națională Anticorupție) (DNA), a position she has held since 2013. Prior to this, Kövesi was the Prosecutor General of Romania (Procuror General), attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice.
Upon appointment in 2006, Kövesi was the first woman and the youngest Prosecutor General in Romania's history. She is also the only public servant to have held the office of Prosecutor General for the entire duration of its term.
Kövesi was described by The Guardian in 2015 as a "quiet, unassuming chief prosecutor who is bringing in the scalps", leading "an anti-corruption drive quite unlike any other in eastern Europe – or the world for that matter". Her tenure as head of the DNA has substantially increased public confidence in the institution, both within Romania and across the EU, with a 2015 poll reporting that a high 60% of Romanians trust the DNA (compared to 61% for the Romanian Orthodox Church and only 11% for parliament). In February 2016, Kövesi was renominated for chief prosecutor by the Ministry of Justice, based on the positive results achieved under her leadership.
Born in Sfântu Gheorghe as Laura Codruța Lascu, Kövesi played professional basketball in her youth, at the club in Mediaș and in Sibiu, and was selected for the junior players national team which finished second in the 1989 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women. Codruța Lascu married Eduárd Kövesi, an ethnic Hungarian, and kept his surname even after their divorce in 2007. She can speak some English and Hungarian.
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