Laura Codruța Kövesi

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Laura Codruța Kövesi, 2018

Laura Codruța Kövesi (born on May 15, 1973 in Sfântu Gheorghe as Laura Codruța Lascu ) is a Romanian lawyer . From 2013 to 2018 she headed the highest anti-corruption authority in her country. She has headed the newly established European Public Prosecutor's Office since the beginning of June 2021 .

Career

training

Kövesi studied at the Babeş Bolyai University in Cluj , the Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu and the West University in Timişoara . Her major was law and her dissertation was on the fight against organized crime .

Advancement in the Romanian judiciary

Laura Codruța Kövesi, 2015

After completing her studies, Kövesi moved to the judiciary in her country and became a public prosecutor in Sibiu. In 2006 she became attorney general at the Romanian Supreme Court and Cassation Court . In May 2013, Kövesi took over the management of the Romanian anti-corruption authority Direcția Națională Anticorupție . On July 9, 2018, by order of Justice Minister Tudorel Toader , she was dismissed from this position despite initial opposition from President Klaus Johannis .

Nomination for European Attorney General

On February 4, 2019, Kövesi was proposed by a selection committee, alongside the French Jean-François Bohnert and the German Andrés Ritter , as a candidate for the office of the future Public Prosecutor General of the European Public Prosecutor's Office . The committee recommended her as the preferred candidate. The majority of the two European Parliament committees involved also spoke out in favor of it. At the end of February 2019, the responsible committee for civil liberties of the European Parliament nominated her as a candidate for the office. The justice ministers of the EU countries, however, preferred Bohnert. On September 19, 2019, it became known that the majority of EU member states had voted in favor of Kövesi as the head of the future EU public prosecutor's office. Since June 1, 2021, she has headed the authority based in Luxembourg City .

Disciplinary proceedings against Kövesi

Meanwhile, Kövesi was under criminal investigation in her home country. Two disciplinary proceedings against her had been rejected by both the Judicial Council and, in the last instance, on March 25, 2019, by the country's highest court . At the same time, investigations were started against Kövesi on suspicion of corruption . They go back to allegations that the entrepreneur and former PSD member of parliament Sebastian Ghiță (Asesoft, România TV ) had made against them, but which had already been found unfounded by the country's public prosecutor's office . However, on March 28, 2019, charges were brought against Kövesi and she was banned from leaving the country. The process is considered politically motivated and operated by the Romanian government to prevent Kövesi's appointment as EU Public Prosecutor General. After Kövesi took legal action against the imposed travel and freedom restrictions, they were lifted by the country's highest court on April 3, 2019.

Private

In her youth she was a member of the Romanian junior national team, which took second place in the 1989 European youth basketball championship in her own country.

Kövesi was married to the Hungarian Eduard Kövesi between 2002 and 2007 . She speaks Romanian and English .

Awards

She has won several notable international awards , including membership in the Legion of Honor and the Swedish Order of the North Star in 2016.

Web links

Commons : Laura Codruța Kövesi  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Renate Meinhof: Laura Codruta Kövesi. Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 26, 2018, accessed on February 27, 2019 .
  2. ^ Romania: Investigations against ex-corruption hunter. ORF, February 13, 2019, accessed on February 19, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Power struggle with the government: Romania's head of state Johannis has to fire a corruption investigator. Der Spiegel , July 9, 2018, accessed on February 24, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Oliver Pahnecke: Does the Romanian secret service reach out to the European Public Prosecutor's Office? Telepolis , February 17, 2019, accessed March 29, 2019 .
  5. ↑ EU Parliament: Kövesi should lead the EU public prosecutor's office. ORF, February 27, 2019, accessed on February 27, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Member of Parliament for Laura Codruţa Kövesi as EU Public Prosecutor General. European Parliament, February 27, 2019, accessed on February 28, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Power struggle for corruption hunter. ORF, March 2, 2019, accessed on March 29, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Corruption hunter Kövesi heads the EU public prosecutor's office. ORF , September 19, 2019, accessed on September 19, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Lili Bayer: Romania's Kövesi poised to become EU public prosecutor. politico.eu , September 19, 2019, accessed on September 19, 2019 .
  10. ↑ As fearless as unabashed. Süddeutsche Zeitung , June 1, 2021, accessed on the same day.
  11. ↑ Disciplinary proceedings: Kövesi wins at the highest instance. ADZ , March 27, 2019, accessed on March 29, 2019 .
  12. ^ Romania: Investigation against former corruption hunter. Der Standard , February 13, 2019, accessed March 29, 2019 . .
  13. ^ Corruption hunter Kövesi accused in Romania. Der Standard, March 29, 2019, accessed March 29, 2019 .
  14. ↑ candidate for EU prosecution under pressure. Deutsche Welle , March 29, 2019, accessed on March 29, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Adelheid Wölfl: Ex-head of the Romanian anti-corruption authority is to be discredited. Der Standard, February 14, 2019, accessed March 29, 2019 .
  16. ↑ EU Public Prosecutor's Office: Romania lets the candidate leave the country. ORF, April 3, 2019, accessed on April 3, 2019 .
  17. ↑ 1989 European Championship for Cadette - Romania. archive.fiba.com , accessed December 15, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Curriculum Vitae Kövesi Laura Codruta. In: juridice.ro. October 2012, accessed on June 1, 2021 (Romanian): "Limba maternă: Română, Limbi străine: Engleza"
  19. ↑ Kovesi nu a mai putut suporta şi A IZBUCNIT ÎN LACRIMI. IMAGINI ULUITOARE cu şefa DNA, surprinse marţi seara. Gândul, June 8, 2016, accessed March 31, 2019 (Romanian).
  20. ↑ Svar på fråga 2016/17: 810 av Birgitta Ohlsson (L) Corruption in Romania. In: riksdagen.se. Sveriges Riksdag , February 15, 2017, accessed on June 1, 2021 (Swedish): "Antikorruptionsmyndigheten DNA: s boss Laura Kövesi har de senaste åren mottagit flera utmärkelser för det framgångsrika work, senast i november Sveriges Nordstjärneorden."
personal data
SURNAME Kövesi, Laura Codruța
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lascu, Laura Codruța (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Sfântu Gheorghe