 In October 2019, after beating out competition from French magistrate , Kövesi was confirmed as the first EU Public Prosecutor.Born in Sfântu Gheorghe as Laura Codruța Lascu, 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 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women.Between 1991 and 1995, she studied Law at the Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj Napoca.