Daniel Dăianu new President of Romanian Fiscal Council

Daniel Dăianu – member of Romanian Academy, former non-executive member of Board of National Bank of Romania – has been elected, on Wednesday, President of Romanian Fiscal Council. Members of this institution have chosen Dăianu by secret vote. New Vice-President of Romanian Fiscal Council is Bogdan-Octavian Cozmâncă.

New members of Fiscal Council were validated with a number of votes ranging from 218 to 303, while some 18 MPs voted against.

Romanian Fiscal Council is an independent authority, established by the fiscal responsibility law, compounded by five members with relevant background on macroeconomic and budgetary policies and selected by rigorous eligibility criteria.

Daniel Dăianu - Professor of economics, School of Political and Administrative Studies in Bucharest, former member of the Board of the National Bank of Romania, member of the Romanian Academy; member of the EU High Level Group on Own Resources (HLGOR);

First deputy President of the Financial Supervision Authority (2013-2014); Member of the Board of the CEC Bank (2012-2013); former member of the European Parliament (2007-2009); Chairman of the Supervisory Board of National Bank of Romania (2005-2007); Finance Minister of Romania, 1997/1998; Chief Economist of the National Bank of Romania, 1992-1997; Deputy Minister of Finance, 1992; Chairman of the OSCE Economic Forum, 2001; Chairman of The Romanian Economic Society; Member of the European Council for Foreign Relations, Member of the Board of Trustees of Friends of Europe; Fellow of CASE (Warsaw); Fellowships at Harvard University, The Wilson Center (Washington DC), IMF (Washington DC), NATO Defense College (Rome); visiting professorships at Berkeley, UCLA, Bologna University.

President of Junior Achievement, Romania; Honorary President of the Romanian Association of European Studies; member of the advisory board of several foreign journals, member of the Black Sea Region Commission.

Source:RRA.Translated by Miruna Matei