Laura Codruța Kövesi

Who is Laura Codruța Kövesi?

Laura Codruța Kövesi is the current Prosecutor General of Romania, the head of the Public Ministry and General Prosecutor's Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice. She was appointed in October 2006, the first female to be appointed to this post. At the age of 33 in 2006, she is also one of the youngest Prosecutors General that Romania has had.

Born in Sfântu Gheorghe, Kövesi played professional basketball in her youth, at the club in Mediaș and in Sibiu, and was selected for the junior players national team which finished second in the 1989 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women.

Before her position as Prosecutor General, Kövesi was the head of the Department of Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism Offences branch in Sibiu County, focussing on fighting organised crime and terrorism.