1973 - Today
Laura Codruța Kövesi (née Lascu; Romanian pronunciation: [ˈla.ura koˈdrut͡sa ˈkøveʃi]; born 15 May 1973) is the first European Chief Prosecutor and the former chief prosecutor of Romania's National Anticorruption Directorate (Romanian: Direcția Națională Anticorupție - DNA), a position she held from 2013 until she was fired on the order of Justice Minister Tudorel Toader on 9 July 2018. Prior to this, between 2006 and 2012 Kövesi was the Prosecutor General of Romania (Romanian: Procuror General), attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice. Upon appointment in 2006, Kövesi was the first woman and the youngest Prosecutor General in Romania's history. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laura Codruța Kövesi has received more than 335,889 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Laura Codruța Kövesi is the 14,921st most popular politician (down from 13,561st in 2019), the 411th most popular biography from Romania (down from 368th in 2019) and the 134th most popular Romanian Politician.
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Among politicians, Laura Codruța Kövesi ranks 14,921 out of 15,577. Before her are Imangali Tasmagambetov, Michael Foot, Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, Hubert Minnis, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, and Mishaal bint Fahd Al Saud. After her are Lucio Gutiérrez, Eligio Ayala, Gérard Collomb, Laurynas Stankevičius, Karmenu Vella, and Arthur Foulkes.
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 14,915
1913 - 2010
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 14,916
1607 - 1661
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 14,917
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 14,918
1912 - 1966
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 14,919
1958 - 1977
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 14,920
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 14,921
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 14,922
1879 - 1930
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 14,923
1947 - 2023
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 14,924
1935 - 2017
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 14,925
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 14,926
1928 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 14,927
Among people born in 1973, Laura Codruța Kövesi ranks 232. Before her are Nanako Matsushima, Dennis Gansel, Katsuyuki Konishi, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, James Foley, and Jared Borgetti. After her are Kouta Hirano, Isabel dos Santos, Jesse Marsch, Akira Amano, Johan Micoud, and Benjamin Biolay.
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 226
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 227
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 228
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 229
1973 - 2014
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 230
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 231
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 232
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 233
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 234
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 235
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 236
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.15
Rank: 237
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.13
Rank: 238
Among people born in Romania, Laura Codruța Kövesi ranks 411 out of 665. Before her are Alexandru G. Golescu (1819), Ilie Subășeanu (1906), Cornel Dinu (1948), Michael Klein (1959), Valeriu Bularca (1931), and Solomon Marcus (1925). After her are Silviu Lung (1956), Mircea Rednic (1962), Ștefan Golescu (1809), Bogdan Lobonț (1978), Zoltán Ozoray Schenker (1880), and Costică Ștefănescu (1951).
1819 - 1881
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 405
1906 - 1980
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 406
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.56
Rank: 407
1959 - 1993
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 408
1931 - 2017
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 409
1925 - 2016
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 410
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 411
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 412
1962 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 413
1809 - 1874
HPI: 43.18
Rank: 414
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 415
1880 - 1966
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 416
1951 - 2013
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 417
Among politicians born in Romania, Laura Codruța Kövesi ranks 134. Before her are Dimitar Petkov (1858), Ion Emanuel Florescu (1819), Teodor Meleșcanu (1941), Theodor Rosetti (1837), Victor Ciorbea (1954), and Alexandru G. Golescu (1819). After her are Ștefan Golescu (1809), Liviu Dragnea (1962), Sorin Grindeanu (1973), Elisabeta Lipă (1964), Alexandru Athanasiu (1955), and Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu (1968).
1858 - 1907
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 128
1819 - 1893
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 129
1941 - Present
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 130
1837 - 1923
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 131
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 132
1819 - 1881
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 133
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 134
1809 - 1874
HPI: 43.18
Rank: 135
1962 - Present
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 136
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 137
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 138
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.42
Rank: 139
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.25
Rank: 140