Dancila will advise on sustainability and green energy strategy issues. Central bank communication director Dan Suciu said “her experience as prime minister and her knowledge in this sector” was what recommended her for the role.
Dancila, 57, was Romania’s prime minister between May and November 2019. She was the last in a series of prime ministers appointed when Liviu Dragnea, social-democrat leader at that time and currently serving a prison sentence for corruption, was barred from taking on the role himself due to a suspended prison sentence.
Isarescu was renewed for a new term as central bank governor in July 2019, during Dancila’s tenure as prime minister. He has been central bank governor since 1990 except for 11 months in 1999-2000 when he served as the country’s prime minister.