Monica Macovei

Monica Macovei
Macovei in 2013
Minister of Justice
In office
29 December 2004 – 5 April 2007
Prime MinisterCălin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Preceded byCristian Diaconescu
Succeeded byTudor Chiuariu
Personal details
Born (1959-02-04) 4 February 1959 (age 65)
Bucharest, Romania
Political partyThe Right Alternative (2015-2018)
Democratic Liberal Party (2009-2014)
Romanian Communist Party (before 1989)[1]
Other political
affiliations
European People's Party (2009-2014)
European Conservatives and Reformists Party (2015-2019)[2]
Alma materUniversity of Bucharest
University of the State of New York
Central European University

Monica Luisa Macovei (Romanian pronunciation: [moˈnika luˈisa makoˈvej]; born 4 February 1959) is a Romanian politician, lawyer and former prosecutor, and former Member of the European Parliament from the European Conservatives and Reformists and formerly a member of the Romanian Democratic Liberal Party (PDL).[3][4] She was the Minister of Justice of Romania in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu. In this position she was credited with implementing the justice reforms required for Romania to become a member state of the European Union.[5][6][7][8] Macovei was also an independent candidate in Romania's 2014 presidential elections.[9]

  1. ^ "DEMOCRATA DE LA BRUXELLES - Juramantul de procuror comunist al europarlamentarei Monica Macovei: "Jur sa servesc... Politica partidului... Sa apar proprietatea socialista, sa actionez potrivit principiilor democratismului socialist" (Juramantul) DEMOCRATA DE LA BRUXELLES - Juramantul de procuror comunist al europarlamentarei Monica Macovei: "Jur sa servesc... Politica partidului... Sa apar proprietatea socialista, sa actionez potrivit principiilor democratismului socialist" (Juramantul)".
  2. ^ "Considerații ACRE despre un partid moldovenesc anti-UE". Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  3. ^ "MEPProfile". EuropeanParliament. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
  4. ^ "Daniel Daianu, exclus de pe lista PNL, Monica Macovei, inregimentata de PD-L, 2009-03-31" (in Romanian). www.zf.ro. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
  5. ^ "About turn". The Economist. 29 March 2007.
  6. ^ Women resist a history of corruption [dead link], The Daily Telegraph, 13 May 2006
  7. ^ Judicial reform pushed through in Romania ahead of EU accession Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, EUbusiness, 14 May 2006
  8. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-11-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Who's in the race for Romania's presidential seat?". Archived from the original on 2014-09-26. Retrieved 2014-10-19.