Anca Dragu, former president of the Romanian Senate, is proposed to be the new governor of the National Bank of Moldova

Anca Dragu is proposed to be the new governor of the National Bank of Moldova, according to the announcement made by Igor Grosu, the president of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, reports Agerpres.

Anca Dragu is a USR senator from Bucharest and vice-president in the USR National Office. She was the first woman president of the Senate, at the proposal of the USR.

An economist by profession, Anca Dragu was Minister of Finance in the technocrat government, between November 2015 and January 2017, the cited source mentions.

Anca Dragu holds a bachelor's degree and a doctorate in Economics at the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, a master's degree in Public Policies and EU Accession, graduated at the National School of Political and Administrative Studies in Bucharest and attended various programs at the Georgetown University, Central and Eastern European Fellowship Program and George Washington University, Washington DC.

Anca Dragu gained experience during the 24 years of professional activity both at national and international level in the public and private environment. She was an economic analyst in the General Directorate for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission, after a 12-year experience in the office of the International Monetary Fund in Bucharest, she worked as an economist in the National Bank of Romania.

Translated by: Radu Matei