Career
Prior to this, Kövesi was the Prosecutor General of Romania (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. She is also the only public servant to have held the office of Prosecutor General for the entire duration of its term.
Kövesi was described by The Guardian in 2015 as a "quiet, unassuming chief prosecutor who is bringing in the scalps", leading "an anti-corruption drive quite unlike any other in eastern Europe – or the world for that matter".
Born in Sfântu Gheorghe, Kövesi played professional basketball in her youth, at the club in Mediaș and in Sibiu, and was selected for the junior players national team which finished second in the 1989 International Basketball Federation Europe Under-16 Championship for Women. Codruța Lascu married Eduárd Kövesi, an ethnic Hungarian, and kept his surname even after their divorce in 2007.
She can speak some English and Hungarian. Before her position as Prosecutor General, Kövesi was the head of the Department of Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism Offences (DIICOT) branch in Sibiu County.
Under Kövesi"s leadership, the deoxyribonucleic acid has made notable progress against high-level corruption in Romania, having successfully prosecuted dozens of mayors (such as Sorin Oprescu), five MPs, two ex-ministers and a former prime minister in 2014 alone.
Hundreds of former judges and prosecutors have also been brought to justice, with a conviction rate above 90%. Victor Ponta, former prime minister of Romania and the highest-ranking government official currently under deoxyribonucleic acid investigation and prosecution, accused Kövesi of being "a totally unprofessional prosecutor trying to make a name by inventing and imagining facts and untrue situations from 10 years ago”. These comments were posted on his Facebook page, following his indictment on charges of forgery, money laundering, and tax evasion, brought against him by the deoxyribonucleic acid.