Delia Velculescu
Delia Velculescu (born in 1975) is a Romanian economist based in the US and the IMF mission chief in Greece during the Greek government debt crisis,[1] before her replacement by Peter Dolman in 2018.[2]
She was born Delia Moraru in the city of Sibiu, in Transylvania, Romania.[1] [3] As a young student, she was taught in physics by future Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at Gheorghe Lazăr National College in Sibiu.[1] In 1992, she earned a scholarship to study economics at Wilson College, Pennsylvania, in the United States.[4] She later earned an MSc and a PhD from Johns Hopkins University.[1] While at Johns Hopkins, she met her husband, Victor Velculescu, professor of oncology.[3]
She has been working for the IMF since 2002, and has supervised programs in Slovenia and Cyprus,[5] prior to becoming IMF mission chief in Greece.
Velculescu has studied the economic prospects of Greece for many years, and back in July 2009 she published a study on the Greek economy [1], co-written with two of her colleagues at the IMF's European Department, Spanish economist Marialuz Moreno-Badia, and Dutch economist Bob Traa.
In June 2025 and May 2026, amidst ongoing political crisis in her native Romania, she was named as a possible frontrunner for Prime Minister by Romanian President Nicușor Dan.[6]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d Gillet, Kit (29 July 2015). "'Iron lady' set to play central role in next act of Greek bailout drama". The Guardian . Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ "Velculescu leaves the quartet -Peter Dolman new chief of the IMF mission to Greece (original: Τέλος η Βελκουλέσκου από το κουαρτέτο -Ο Πίτερ Ντόλμαν επικεφαλής του ΔΝΤ για την Ελλάδα)". iefimerida. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ a b Delia Velculescu, negociatoarea FMI care va încerca să salveze Grecia de la dezastru, 29 iulie 2015, Digi24.ro, accesat la 22 februarie 2017
- ^ ""Doamna Drăculescu" ține in mână destinele Greciei! Vezi cum a ajuns o românca de succes șefa misiunii FMI!". www.cancan.ro (in Romanian). 22 July 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
- ^ "IMF Upgrades Slovenia Growth Forecast to 1.4%".
- ^ Mihalache, Mădălina; Duțulescu, Adriana (2025年06月13日). "Surse: Cine este femeia despre care Nicușor Dan le-a spus lui Bolojan și Grindeanu că vrea să o numească premier, pentru că ei refuză". Antena 3 CNN (in Romanian). Retrieved 2025年06月14日.
