Monica Luisa Macovei (Romanian pronunciation: [moˈnika luˈisa makoˈvej]; born 4 February 1959) is a Romanian politician, lawyer and former prosecutor, currently a Member of the European Parliament from the European Conservatives and Reformists and formerly a member of the Romanian Democratic Liberal Party.[1][2] She was the Minister of Justice of Romania in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu.