Oana Lungescu (born 29 June 1958) is a Romanian journalist with philological education (English and Spanish).
[1] In 2024 she joined the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a UK defence and security think tank.
[4] The Securitate prepared an informational tracking file of Lungescu giving her the code name Lorena.
[7] In 1997, she moved to the BBC World Service, where she worked as a correspondent in Brussels and Berlin until 2010, when NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen named her as the new spokesperson, succeeding James Appathurai.
[1][2] As of 2024, Lungescu is distinguished fellow at a UK defence and security think tank, RUSI - the Royal United Services Institute.