Ioana Mihăilă
Ioana Mihăilă (born 20 November 1980) is a Romanian politician and endocrinologist from USR PLUS, who has been the Minister of Health of Romania since 21 April 2021. Being specialized in endocrinology since 2010, she is a member of the Romanian Endocrinology Society (Romanian: Societatea Română de Endocrinologie).
Ioana Mihăilă | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 21 April 2021 – 6 September 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Florin Cîțu |
| Preceded by | Florin Cîțu (acting) |
| State secretary in the Ministry of Health | |
| In office 1 February 2021 – 21 April 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 November 1980 Lăzăreni, Bihor County, Romania |
| Political party | PNL (2013–2018) PLUS (2018–2021) USR PLUS (2021–2022) USR (2022) REPER (2022–present) |
| Alma mater | Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy (1999–2005) |
She spent her childhood in a small village from Lăzăreni, Bihor County; moved to Cluj-Napoca in 1999 and studied at the Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy between 1999 and 2005.
She has been a member of USR PLUS since 26 October 2018 and was appointed as secretary of state in the Ministry of Health by incumbent Prime Minister Florin Cîțu, being proposed by USR PLUS for the position of Minister of Health on 21 April 2021. On the same day, the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, appointed her to become the Minister of Health of Romania.