Raluca Prună

Raluca Prună
Official portrait, 2015
Minister of Justice
In office
17 November 2015 – 4 January 2017
PresidentKlaus Iohannis
Prime MinisterDacian Cioloș
Preceded byRobert Cazanciuc
Succeeded byFlorin Iordache
Personal details
Born(1969-08-24)August 24, 1969
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania
Alma materUniversity of Bucharest
OccupationLawyer

Raluca Alexandra Prună (born 24 September 1969) is a Romanian politician and lawyer. She served as Minister of Justice in the Cioloș Cabinet from 17 November 2015 to 4 January 2017.

Early life

Raluca Alexandra Prună was born on 24 September 1969 in Bucharest.[1] She has a brother named Mihai Prună, who is a prosecutor that worked in the Prosecutors' Section of the SCM.[2] From 1990 to 1994 she studied in the non-accredited Faculty of Law of the Ecological University of Bucharest.[3] In February 1996 she obtained her license in Iași, as she had to wait for the accredation of the Ecological University, and then she graduated from Alexandru Ioan Cuza University.[3] Between 1992 and 1997 she also attended the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Bucharest.[1]

In November 1996, she was admitted as a lawyer to the Bucharest Bar.[3] Immediately after graduating from both institutions, she went on a TEMPUS scholarship to Paris Nanterre University before getting her master's.[1] From 1997 to 1998, after her time in Paris, she did her master's degree in political science at the Central European University at their Budapest campus.[1] She then graduated in an interrupted stint as a Doctor of Law from the University of Bucharest in July 2003.[3] However, her doctoral thesis was later established to be plagiarized.[3]

Career

From 1990 to 1998, while studying, she obtained multiple scholarships from the Open Society Institute, USAID, and Institute for Humane Studies.[4] She also worked as a lawyer and legal consultant from September 1996 to September 2000.[4] In 1999, she became a founding member and the director of the Romanian association of Transparency International.[4] In 2009 she was investigated by prosecutors of the Prosecutor's Office of the Court for forgery in statements during her presidency of Transparency International Romania for making false statements to obtain for Victor Alistar, the executive director, a notice for the extension of the suspension of the service relationship.[5] The Prosecutor's Office declined competency to settle the case, but in 2010, the Bucharest Court of Appeal ordered the continuation of investigations, and the case was settled against Raluca as they found no intention of her making false statements.[5]

From September 2000 to December 2004, she was an advisor for the Delegation of the European Commission in Bucharest in law, and was afterwards a lawyer-linguist at the legal service of the Council of the European Union from January 2005 to May 2007.[4] From 2007 until her appointment as minister, she was Programme Coordinator for Justice and International Affairs at the European Commission Delegation in Bucharest.[6]

Minister of Justice

Cristina Guseth was initially proposed as Minister of Justice, but the prime minister Dacian Cioloș withdrew her consideration after he thought that her performance was below expectations during questioning by the committees of the Romanian Parliament.[7] It was then circulated that Mihai Selegean was the second choice, but ultimately Prună was chosen to appear before parliament and she was confirmed as Minister of Justice on 17 November 2015.[8]

One of her first proposals was lifting the Mechanism for Cooperation and Verification that Romania signed to when joining the European Commission that monitored and supported judicial and anti-corruption reforms, as she said that the country needed to internalize the procedures without oversight.[9] She also announced she wanted to move Judicial Police to the Prosecutors' Office, and that it was needed to carry out investigations.[9]

Her main activities during 2016 were the appointment the Head of the DNA and Prosecutor General.[10] Laura Codruta Kovesi was chosen again as Head of the DNA for a three-year term and Augustin Lazăr was chosen as Prosecutor General.[11][12] She also regulated the practice of prisoners who wrote "scientific works" receiving sentence reductions, which she considered a loophole for corrupt politicians.[13] and In 2016, she was again accused of making false statements by the opposition regarding Romania's commitment to the European Court of Human Rights with prison conditions.[14] She resigned from the government on 4 January 2017, and was succeeded by Florin Iordache.[15]

Post-ministerial role

Since 2018 she has headed the Financial Crime Unit of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Raluca Alexandra Prună" (PDF). www.just.ro. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  2. ^ Alexandru, Ion (26 November 2020). "Fratele Ralucăi Prună, menținut la conducerea DNA, deși nu întrunește condițiile de vechime". Jurnalul (in Romanian). Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e Brandoșă, Ștefania (8 August 2016). "Ministrul Justiției, Raluca Prună, a studiat Dreptul la particular, într-o facultate NEAUTORIZATÃ". ActiveNews (in Romanian). Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d "Raluca Prună, aviz pozitiv pentru Justiție". Digi24 (in Romanian). 17 November 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  5. ^ a b "De ce inspectorii ANI au făcut plângere în 2009 împotriva Ralucăi Prună, propusă pentru funcţia de ministru al Justiţiei". Adevarul (in Romanian). 17 November 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Cine este Raluca Prună, propunerea finală pentru portofoliul Justiţiei". Adevarul (in Romanian). 17 November 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Cristina Guseth, retrasă din Guvern de premierul Cioloş în urma prestaţiei din Parlament". Adevarul (in Romanian). 16 November 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  8. ^ "De-a baba oarba cu Justiţia. De ce a schimbat premierul Cioloş trei candidaţi pentru Ministerul Justiţiei în 12 ore". Adevarul (in Romanian). 17 November 2015.
  9. ^ a b Cincea, Melania (9 March 2016). "Ministrul Justiţiei, Raluca Prună: "O luptă eficientă anticorupţie nu se poate face numai prin acţiunea represivă a statului"". Puterea a cincea (in Romanian). Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  10. ^ "RETROSPECTIVĂ 2016 Ministrul Raluca Prună, între numirile la Parchete și problemele din penitenciare". Vocea Romaniei. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  11. ^ "Biografia neromanțată a Laurei Codruța Kovesi: mărirea și decăderea procurorului șef al DNA". Stiri pe surse (in Romanian). 9 July 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  12. ^ "Curriculum Vitae Europass". www.mpublic.ro. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  13. ^ "Romania to break jailed writers' club". POLITICO. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  14. ^ Zisu, Nadina (21 October 2016). "Raluca Prună, acuzată de FALS ÎN DECLARAȚII, în legătură cu o organizația internațională". Evenimentul Zilei (in Romanian). Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  15. ^ Bercea, Alexandra (24 April 2025). "Cine este judecătorul care a suspendat decizia CCR de anulare a alegerilor prezidențiale". Libertatea (in Romanian). Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  16. ^ Vulcan, Dora (24 March 2021). "INTERVIU Raluca Prună: CSM, gardianul unei caste | O instituție mamut care dublează activitatea MJ". Europa Liberă România (in Romanian). Retrieved 1 May 2025.
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