Mihai Nicolae Tănăsescu (born January 11, 1956) is a Romanian economist and politician.
Following the Romanian Revolution, he remained at the ministry, heading a series of departments until 1997.
In 2002, he was made both a commander of the Legion of Honour and a knight of the Order of the Star of Romania.
[1] In 2004, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies on the lists of the Social Democratic Party; he served until May 2007, when he resigned.
In the Chamber, he represented Argeș County, and was president of the budget and finance committee.