Saturday, February 11, 2012

Romania's new Minister of Finance Bogdan Dragoi: one of the ...


Bogdan?Alexandru?Dragoi,?31 years old,?is the new?Minister of Public Finance. He?already has around six years?of high level experience?in public institutions and?is?considered?one of the ?talented youngsters??of Romanian?Finance, as he has been described by local media. A former State?Secretary?in the Finance Ministry, Dragoi has been?in charge of securing more financing to cover the country?s debt and its budget deficit, either through bond issuances. As head of the Ministry, he will have to oversee an increase in revenues to the state budget, as the Ministry controls the country?s Taxation Agency.

Dragoi started his political ascendency as?adviser to Anca Boagiu,?when she?held the?leadership of?the Ministry of?European Integration. After this he was an? Under Secretary in?the Ministry of Finance?(September 2006?-?november?2007), the?general economic manager at Bucharest City Hall, during Adriean Videanu?s mandate. In?January 2009?he returned to?Finance,?as Secretary?of?State, during?the presidency of?Gheorghe?Pogea.

The connection between?Bogdan Alexandru?Dragoi?and the?Liberal?Democratic?Party?seems to?be strong. His father,?Dan?Dragoi,?is?considered a close?family friend of Adriean?Videanu, according to Romanian media. Dan?Dragoi was linked to the Balli?Group in the early ?90s,?which?held?business?in oil,?steel and other?ferrous?metals at that time .

Dragoi has also worked in the private sector,?starting?as a business analyst?at the UK company?Inquam?Limited and later as an associate. From?October 2004?to April?2006?he occupied?the positions of?vice president and?shareholder of FocusSat?SA?Romania.?Dragoi recently stepped down as?Chairman of the Fondul Proprietatea?s Board of Nominees.

He speaks English,?French?and Italian and graduated from?Tufts?Fletcher University?of Boston,?Massachusetts,?with two specializations,?International Relations and?Economics,?both?graduated with Magna cum Laudae.

Alex Camburu, alex.camburu@romania-insider.com

(photo source: Gov.ro)

Source: http://www.romania-insider.com/romania%E2%80%99s-new-minister-of-finance-bogdan-dragoi-one-of-the-talented-youngsters-of-romanian-finance/48733/

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