Monica Macovei
| Monica Macovei | |
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| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 29 December 2004 – 5 April 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu |
| Preceded by | Cristian Diaconescu |
| Succeeded by | Tudor Chiuariu |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 February 1959 Bucharest, Romania |
| Political party | M10 |
| Alma mater |
University of Bucharest University of the State of New York Central European University |
| Religion | Romanian Greek Catholicism |
Monica Luisa Macovei (Romanian pronunciation: [moˈnika luˈisa makoˈvej]; born 4 February 1959) is a Romanian politician, lawyer and former prosecutor, currently a Member of the European Parliament from the European Conservatives and Reformists and formerly a member of the Romanian Democratic Liberal Party. 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. Macovei was also an independent candidate in Romania's 2014 presidential elections.
Monica Macovei graduated in 1982 with honors from the Law Faculty of the University of Bucharest; in 1994 she received a master's of law in comparative constitutional law from the University of the State of New York/Central European University. She has served as a lecturer in law at the University of Bucharest. She has also authored a number of books and articles on legal and human rights themes.
Macovei was a prosecutor between 1983 and 1997, during the Communist and post-Communist periods. From 1997 to 2004 she was a lawyer with the Bucharest Bar.
In 1997, Macovei was an Eisenhower Exchange Fellow, an honor awarded to "men and women of outstanding achievement in mid-career, who are expected to assume positions of influence and make a difference" in their home regions, countries, or globally.
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