Delia Velculescu

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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 , 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, amidst an ongoing political crisis in her native Romania, she was named as a possible frontrunner for Prime Minister by Romanian President Nicușor Dan [6] .

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. 1 2 Delia Velculescu, negociatoarea FMI care va încerca să salveze Grecia de la dezastru, 29 iulie 2015, Digi24.ro, accesat la 22 februarie 2017
  4. ↑ ""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.
  5. ↑ "IMF Upgrades Slovenia Growth Forecast to 1.4%".
  6. ↑ Mihalache, Mădălina; Duțulescu, Adriana (2025-06-13). "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 2025-06-14.


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