Who is Laura Codruta Kovesi, the first Romanian who could lead a top European institution?

A former general prosecutor of Romania and chiefanticorruptionprosecutor, Laura Codruta Kovesi has high chances to get the appointment for chief prosecutor of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), a newly-established institution that will investigate crimes against the financial interests of the European Union. If appointed, she would become the first Romanian to lead a top European institution.

Laura Codruta Kovesi, 45, was born in Sfantu Gheorghe, Covasna county, central Romania, in a region where Hungarian ethnics are in majority. She went to high school in Medias, where she also played for the local basketball team. She was drafted to the cadet women’s national basketball team, which ended runner-up in the European Cadet Basketball Championship in Timisoara, in 1989.