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Laura Codruța Kövesi

1973 - Today

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Laura Codruța Kövesi (née Lascu; Romanian pronunciation: [ˈla.ura koˈdrut͡sa ˈkøveʃi]; born 15 May 1973) is the first European Chief Prosecutor and the former chief prosecutor of Romania's National Anticorruption Directorate (Romanian: Direcția Națională Anticorupție - DNA), a position she held from 2013 until she was fired on the order of Justice Minister Tudorel Toader on 9 July 2018. Prior to this, between 2006 and 2012 Kövesi was the Prosecutor General of Romania (Romanian: 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Laura Codruța Kövesi is the 15,553rd most popular politician (up from 16,296th in 2019), the 419th most popular biography from Romania (up from 478th in 2019) and the 135th most popular Romanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Laura Codruța Kövesi ranks 15,553 out of 19,576. Before her are Günther Oettinger, Aileen Baviera, Antonio Mateu Lahoz, Jorge Quiroga, Neven Mimica, and Robert Bacon. After her are Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, Henry Dearborn, Rainer Brüderle, Gheorghe Mironescu, and Björn Höcke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Laura Codruța Kövesi ranks 212. Before her are Jan Magnussen, Kris Marshall, Steven Ogg, Michel Pensée, Peter Facinelli, and Ümit Davala. After her are Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis, Lubna Azabal, Vratislav Lokvenc, Amir Karić, Bob Sapp, and Travis Knight.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Laura Codruța Kövesi ranks 419 out of 844. Before her are Ștefania Mărăcineanu (1882), Florin Gheorghiu (1944), George Lusztig (1946), Gabi Balint (1963), Samuel Zauber (1901), and Vasile Tiță (1928). After her are László Németh (1901), Silviu Lung (1956), Gheorghe Mironescu (1874), Cătălin Predoiu (1968), Ernst Lörtscher (1913), and Adrian Ilie (1974).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Laura Codruța Kövesi ranks 135. Before her are László Lukács (1850), Gavril Dejeu (1932), Dimitar Petkov (1858), Ion Emanuel Florescu (1819), Dezső Bánffy (1843), and Nicolae Golescu (1810). After her are Gheorghe Mironescu (1874), Cătălin Predoiu (1968), Theodor Rosetti (1837), Petre S. Aurelian (1833), Alexandru G. Golescu (1819), and Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei (1946).

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