Anca Paliu Dragu

Mrs. Anca Paliu Dragu is a highly experienced economist and politician, being currently member of the Romanian Senate. Between December 2020 and November 2021 she was the President of the Senate, being the first woman who ever hold the office of the Romanian Senate. 

Previously, she was the second woman Minister of Finance in the history of Romania, holding this portfolio from November 2015 until the beginning of January 2017. She was the first Minister of Finance who developed a public platform dedicated to general budget expenditures, a tool that contributed significantly to increase the transparency of public finances.    

Ms. Dragu has a bachelor’s degree and a PhD in economics from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. She attended a postgraduate program in economics and international affairs at Georgetown University in the United States and earned a master’s degree in public policy from SNSPA Bucharest.

Ms. Anca Dragu has more than 25 years of professional experience both at national and international level, in the public and private environment, following her positions in the National Bank of Romania, the Ministry of Finance, the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund and E.ON Romania.