53 Notable alumni of Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
Updated: June 01, 2026 EliteDegrees
Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies is ranked #1,500 in the world and #6 in Romania by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 53 notable alumni from Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Mihu Dragomir
1919-1964 (aged 45)
translator
science fiction writer
poet
screenwriter
Mihu Dragomir was a Romanian poet, prose writer and translator. A native of Brăila on the Bărăgan Plain, he was heavily influenced by the worldview of an older novelist, Panait Istrati, as well as by the poetic works of Mihai Eminescu and Edgar Allan Poe. He debuted in his early teens, and, before turning 19, had self-published his first volume...
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2. Florin-Alexandru Alexe
1979-. (aged 47)
politician
economist
Florin-Alexandru Alexe is a Romanian economist and politician. He is currently a Member of Parliament, the President of PNL’s Sector 3 chapter, as well as the President of the National Liberal Youth, the youth organisation of the National Liberal Party (PNL). He served as City Councillor, first in the Local Council of Bucharest’s Sector 3, then in the General Council...
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3. Ahmed Ould Teguedi
1954-. (aged 72)
diplomat
minister
politician
Ahmed Ould Teguedi is a Mauritanian diplomat. He was Mauritania's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation between 2013 and 2015.
4. Margarida Rosa da Silva Izata
1958-. (aged 68)
diplomat
economist
Margarida Rosa da Silva Izata is an Angolan ambassador to the United Nations.
5. Matei-Agathon Dan
1949-2023 (aged 74)
politician
economist
Matei-Agathon Dan was a Romanian economist and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Bacău County from 1992 to 2004. In the Nicolae Văcăroiu cabinet, he was Tourism Minister from 1992 to 1996, and again held that office in the Adrian Năstase cabinet from December 2000 to...
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6. Ana-Claudia Țapardel
1983-. (aged 43)
politician
Claudia Țapardel is a Romanian Member of the European Parliament for the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D). Elected in May 2014, she is currently one of the youngest MEPs in the European Parliament.
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7. Károly Király
1930-2021 (aged 91)
politician
economist
Károly Király was a Romanian politician. A member of the Communist Party of Romania and, after the Romanian Revolution, of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania, he served in the Great National Assembly from 1969 to 1973 and the Senate of Romania from 1990 to 1992.
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8. Cristian David
1967-. (aged 59)
politician
Cristian David is a Romanian politician. A member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), he has been a member of the Romanian Senate for Vaslui County since 2004. In the Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu cabinet, he was Minister-Delegate for International Financing Programs and European Community Acquis from 2004 to 2007 and Minister of Interior and Administrative Reform from 2007 to 2008.
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9. Aurel Vainer
1932-2021 (aged 89)
researcher
economist
politician
Aurel Vainer was a Romanian economist and politician. He was a leader of the Romanian Jewish community, and also the vice president of the Romanian Chamber of Commerce.
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10. Vasile Patilineț
1923-1986 (aged 63)
politician
economist
Vasile Patilineț was a Romanian communist activist, politician and diplomat. A worker and native of the industrial Jiu Valley, he joined the Romanian Communist Party in 1945 and steadily rose through its ranks, entering the central committee a decade later. Subsequently, he became a close ally of Nicolae Ceaușescu, whose rise to power in 1965 he helped facilitate. A significant...
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11. Ionel-Sorin Moisă
1976-. (aged 50)
politician
Ionel Sorin Moisa is an independent Romanian politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) during the 2014–2019 legislature. The Romanian press also floated his name as possible Prime Minister on several occasions.
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12. Constantin Nicolescu
1945-2023 (aged 78)
politician
Constantin Nicolescu was a Romanian politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he served in the Senate from 2000 to 2004.
13. Cosmin Marinescu
1976-. (aged 50)
economist
Cosmin-Ștefan Marinescu is a Romanian economist and professor of economics at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies. On 22 December 2014, he was appointed Presidential Advisor on Economic and Social Policy to the President of Romania. Previously, he served as Advisor to the Romanian Minister of Economy, Trade and Business Environment (2012), and the Advisor to the Romanian Minister of...
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14. Andi-Gabriel Grosaru
1976-. (aged 50)
lawyer
politician
Andi-Gabriel Grosaru is a Romanian politician of the Association of Italians of Romania. Since 2016, he has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies. He is the parliamentary representative of the country's Italian minority, and succeeded his father Mircea Grosaru in the role. In 2023, he announced his candidacy for president of Romania in the 2024 presidential election.
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15. Eugen Bejinariu
1959-. (aged 67)
politician
Eugen Bejinariu is a Romanian politician and member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). He served as acting/ad interim Prime Minister of Romania between 21 and 28 December 2004, when former PSD Prime Minister Adrian Năstase, who had just been defeated in the 2004 presidential elections by Traian Băsescu (then PD candidate supported by the Justice and Truth Alliance, or...
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16. Dragoș Pîslaru
1976-. (aged 50)
politician
economist
Dragoș Pîslaru is a Romanian economist and politician of REPER who served as a Member of the European Parliament between 2019 and 2024. He was previously a member of USR PLUS/USR. He also held the position of Minister of Labor, Family, Social Protection and the Elderly in the government of Prime Minister Dacian Cioloș from 18 April 2016, until 4...
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17. Eugen Ovidiu Chirovici
1964-. (aged 62)
economist
writer
journalist
Eugen O. Chirovici is a Romanian author of suspense and crime. Before moving to United Kingdom, he published ten detective novels in his home country. He is best known for his first English novel, The Book of Mirrors. later adapted as a movie Sleeping Dogs (2024 film).
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18. Daniel Dăianu
1952-. (aged 74)
banker
economist
politician
Daniel Dăianu is a Romanian economist, professor and politician.
19. Ioan Mircea Pașcu
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
political scientist
Ioan Mircea Pașcu is a Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Romania. He previously served Minister of Defense from 2000 to 2004. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PDSR/PSD), part of the Party of European Socialists.
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20. Luminița Odobescu
1969-. (aged 57)
diplomat
Luminița-Teodora Odobescu is a Romanian career diplomat. She serves as Presidential Adviser for the interim President of Romania, starting 13 February 2025. Between January and February 2025, she held the position of State Adviser for Foreign Policy and Security within the Chancellery of the Prime Minister.
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21. Viorel Hrebenciuc
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
economist
Viorel Hrebenciuc is a Romanian politician and statistician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he was also a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania for Bacău County from 1996 to 2014.
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22. Dumitru Popescu
1928-2024 (aged 96)
writer
editor-in-chief
journalist
politician
Dumitru Popescu was a Romanian journalist and politician. A member of the Romanian Communist Party, he served in the Great National Assembly from 1965 to 1989.
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23. Lucian Romașcanu
1967-. (aged 59)
manager
politician
Lucian N. Romașcanu is a Romanian politician serving as Minister of Culture from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he has been Senator for Buzău since 2016. He previously served as Culture Minister from 2017 to 2018.
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24. Lazăr Comănescu
1949-. (aged 77)
diplomat
economist
politician
Lazăr Comănescu is a Romanian diplomat who served as Foreign minister of Romania from 2015 to 2017 and in 2008 as part of the National Liberal Party of Romania.
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25. Ilie Verdeț
1925-2001 (aged 76)
politician
Ilie Verdeț was a Romanian communist politician who served as Romania’s Prime Minister from 1979 to 1982.
26. Cristian Boureanu
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Cristian Alexandru Boureanu is a Romanian businessman and politician. A former member of the Democratic Liberal Party (PD-L), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Argeș County from 2004 to 2012.
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27. Rovana Plumb
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Rovana Plumb is a Romanian politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). She was appointed Minister of Environment and Forests (now Minister of Environment and Climate Change) on 7 May 2012. From 5 March 2014 to 9 November 2015, she was the Minister of Labor, Family, Social Protection and Elderly in the Government of Romania. In March 2015, Rovana Plumb...
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28. Varujan Vosganian
1958-. (aged 68)
economist
poet
writer
essayist
mathematician
Varujan Vosganian is a Romanian politician, economist, essayist and poet of Armenian origin. Vosganian was Romania's Minister of Economy and Commerce (2006–2008) in the Tăriceanu cabinet and Minister of Economy in the Ponta cabinet (2012–2013). He is the President of The Union of Armenians in Romania (UAR, 1990–present) and the Prime-vice president of the Union of Writers in Romania (2005–present)....
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29. Siegfried Mureșan
1981-. (aged 45)
politician
economist
Siegfried Mureșan is a Romanian economist and politician, vice-president of the European People's Party (EPP) since November 2019, vice-president of the European People's Party Group (EPP Group) in the European Parliament and member of the National Liberal Party (PNL). He was elected as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Romania in 2014 and 2019. Previously, he was a member...
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30. Șerban Huidu
1976-. (aged 50)
journalist
Șerban Sebastian Huidu is a Romanian radio and TV star. He hosted, together with Mihai Găinușă, the morning show on Romanian radio station Kiss FM, and a weekly satire show (Cronica Cârcotaşilor) on the Romanian channel Prima TV.
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31. Nae Lăzărescu
1941-2013 (aged 72)
comedian
television actor
Niculae Lăzărescu also known as Nae Lăzărescu was a Romanian television, stage and screen actor as well as a famous comedian.
32. Viorel Cataramă
1955-. (aged 71)
politician
economist
Viorel Cataramă is a Romanian businessman and politician who founded the furniture manufacturer Elvila in 1990. In 2019, he founded the Liberal Right Party (DL) and ran on its behalf for the 2019 Romanian presidential election, where he received a very modest result and did not qualify for the second round.
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33. Sebastian-Ioan Burduja
1985-. (aged 41)
politician
economist
Sebastian Ioan Burduja is a Romanian economist, politician, and author, who served as Minister of Energy from June 2023 to June 2025. He previously held the position of Minister of Research, Innovation, and Digitalization from May 2022 to June 2023.
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34. Liviu Dragnea
1962-. (aged 64)
TikToker
drummer
YouTuber
cook
influencer
Liviu Nicolae Dragnea is a Romanian engineer and former politician. Starting his career in the Democratic Party (PD), he joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD), eventually becoming its leader. After holding several positions as Minister, he resigned from the cabinet in May 2015, following a conviction in a case involving electoral fraud, for which he received a two-year suspended sentence...
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35. Elena Lasconi
1972-. (aged 54)
radio personality
politician
journalist
Elena Valerica Lasconi is a Romanian politician and former journalist. She is serving as the mayor of Câmpulung in Argeș County, having been elected in both the 2020 and 2024 elections. On 26 June 2024, she won the internal elections in the Save Romania Union (USR), becoming its president. USR elected her in a landslide as the party's candidate in...
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36. Mugur Isărescu
1949-. (aged 77)
economist
businessperson
university teacher
winegrower
politician
Constantin Mugur Isărescu is the governor of the National Bank of Romania, a position he has been holding since September 1990, with the sole exception of a period of time of one year (22 December 1999 to 28 December 2000), during which he served as Prime Minister of Romania. In addition, he is also a member of the Romanian Academy....
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37. Corina Crețu
1967-. (aged 59)
economist
politician
journalist
Corina Crețu KSR is Consul General, head of the Consulate General of Romania in Thessaloniki, Hellenic Republic.
38. Raluca Turcan
1976-. (aged 50)
politician
economist
Raluca Turcan is a Romanian politician. A member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), she has been a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Sibiu County since 2004.
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39. Nicolae Văcăroiu
1943-. (aged 83)
university teacher
economist
politician
Nicolae Văcăroiu is a Romanian politician, member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), who served as Prime Minister between 1992 and 1996. Before the 1989 Revolution, he worked at the Committee for State Planning, together with Theodor Stolojan. He was the President of the Senate of Romania for almost eight years, during two legislatures (2000–2004 and 2004–2008).
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40. Constantin Dăscălescu
1923-2003 (aged 80)
politician
Constantin Dăscălescu was a Romanian communist politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania during the communist rule of Nicolae Ceaușescu, from 21 May 1982 until the Romanian Revolution in 22 December 1989.
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41. Mircea Badea
1974-. (aged 52)
actor
comedian
political activist
satirist
kickboxer
Mircea Radu Badea is a right-wing libertarian conservative Romanian political satirist, television host, media critic, radio personality and occasional actor. He is widely known as host of În gura presei (The Talk of The Press) a show based on the daily news, that airs on Antena 3.
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42. Theodor Stolojan
1943-. (aged 83)
university teacher
economist
politician
Theodor Dumitru Stolojan is a Romanian politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from September 1991 to November 1992. An economist by training, he was also one of the presidents of the National Liberal Party (PNL) before being the founding leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD) and then the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL). He was a Member of the...
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43. Sevil Shhaideh
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
economist
Sevil Shhaideh is a Romanian economist, civil servant and politician. On 21 December 2016, she was proposed by the Social Democrats to be Prime minister of Romania, but was rejected by the president, Klaus Iohannis.
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44. Nicolae Ceaușescu
1918-1989 (aged 71)
military personnel
president of Romania
politician
Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian communist politician who led Romania as general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 and as president from 1974 until his execution in 1989.
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45. Leonard Orban
1961-. (aged 65)
economist
engineer
politician
Leonard Orban is a Romanian independent technocrat who served as the Commissioner for Multilingualism in the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union (EU). He was responsible for the EU language policy and was the first Romanian Commissioner and the first member of the Commission whose portfolio is exclusively multilingualism. His term of office began on 1 January...
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46. Adrian-Ioan Veștea
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Adrian Ioan Veștea is a Romanian politician from the National Liberal Party (PNL) who has been serving as Minister of Development in the Ciolacu Cabinet since 15 June 2023 onwards. He formerly served as Mayor of Râșnov.
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47. Anca Dragu
1972-. (aged 54)
economist
civil servant
politician
Anca Dana Paliu Dragu is a Romanian economist and politician. She was Minister of Public Finance of Romania, as well as President of the Senate of Romania from 21 December 2020 to 23 November 2021. Dragu was the first woman in the history of the Senate to hold this position. In December 2023, she obtained Moldovan citizenship and was appointed...
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48. Eugen Teodorovici
1971-. (aged 55)
politician
Eugen Orlando Teodorovici is a Romanian politician of the Social Democratic Party. He served as minister of finance in 2015 and from 2018 to 2019. From 2012 to 2015, he served as minister of EU funds. He was a member of the Senate from 2012 to 2020.
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49. Darius Bogdan Vâlcov
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
economist
Darius Vâlcov was a Romanian politician who served as Minister of Finance, Mayor of Slatina and Senator.
50. Carmen Dan
1970-. (aged 56)
politician
Carmen Daniela Dan is a Romanian politician. She served in the Senate of Romania from 2016 to 2020 representing the Social Democratic Party. She also served as Minister of Internal Affairs of Romania in the Grindeanu Cabinet, Tudose Cabinet and Dăncilă Cabinet from January 2017 to July 2019. Prior to her political career, she was secretary of the General School...
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51. Floros Konstantinou
1952-2018 (aged 66)
historian
economist
politician
Floros Konstantinou was a Greek politician, historian and economist, who served as a Member of the Parliament and Deputy Minister of Agriculture with PASOK. He was a graduate of Political Sciences and a holder of two doctoral degrees, the first with the rural economy and the second in history of Hellenism in Romania.
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52. Cristian Dumitrescu
1955-. (aged 71)
economist
lawyer
politician
Cristian-Sorin Dumitrescu is a Romanian politician.
53. Mircea Geoană
1958-. (aged 68)
diplomat
politician
Dan Mircea Geoană is a Romanian politician and diplomat who served as the deputy secretary general of NATO between 2019 and 2024. He previously served as president of the Senate of Romania from December 2008 until he was revoked in November 2011. From April 2005 until February 2010, he was the head of the Social Democratic Party (PSD, Romanian: Partidul...
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