Alina Gorghiu
Alina Gorghiu | |
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Minister of Justice | |
Assumed office 15 June 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Marcel Ciolacu |
Preceded by | Cătălin Predoiu |
President of the Senate of Romania | |
Acting | |
In office 29 June 2022 – 13 June 2023 | |
Preceded by | Florin Cîțu |
Succeeded by | Nicolae Ciucă |
Member of the Senate | |
Assumed office 21 December 2016 | |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 15 December 2008 – 19 December 2016 | |
President of the National Liberal Party | |
In office 18 December 2014 – 12 December 2016 | |
Preceded by | Klaus Iohannis |
Succeeded by | Raluca Turcan (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Alina-Ștefania Gorghiu September 16, 1978 Tecuci, Galați County |
Nationality | Romanian |
Political party | PNL (2002–present) |
Spouse |
Lucian Isar (m. 2016)National School of Administration and Political Science of Bucharest Alexandru Ioan Cuza University |
Profession | Lawyer |
Alina-Ștefania Gorghiu (Romanian pronunciation: [aˈlina ʃtefaˈni.a ɡorˈɡi.u]; born 16 September 1978) is a Romanian lawyer and politician who served as president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) from December 2014 until December 2016. She was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Bucharest from December 2008 to December 2016. Since the latter date, she has represented Timiș County in the Romanian Senate.
Biography
Origins and education
Born in
In 2002–2003, Gorghiu interned as a lawyer in Bucharest, then working as such from June 2003 to December 2004 at Bogdan Olteanu's firm. Since 2004, she has been the principal associate at a business and management consulting firm in the national capital. From January 2005 to July 2007, she was an associate at Gorghiu, Pop and Associates, working in commercial, civil and criminal law. She then worked as an adviser to the president of the Authority for State Assets Recovery until December 2008. In 2008, she became both an arbitrator at the International Court of Arbitration and an accredited mediator, as well as beginning an affiliation with the Mediation and Arbitration Department of Titu Maiorescu University's Law Faculty. In January 2009, she returned to Gorghiu, Pop, and since that May has also been a liquidator at an insolvency agency.[4]
Political career
Gorghiu, who joined the PNL in 2002,
Personal life
In 2016, Gorghiu secretly married Lucian Isar, a banker who briefly served as a junior minister under Victor Ponta in his first cabinet in 2012.[2] The couple have two sons.[21]
Notes
- ^ (in Romanian) Carmen Vintilă, Ionel Dancu, "Vasile Blaga a demisionat din fruntea partidului" ("Vasile Blaga Resigns Party Leadership"), Evenimentul Zilei, 28 September 2016; accessed December 12, 2016
- ^ a b (in Romanian) Dan Anghel, "Cine este soţul Alinei Gorghiu" ("Who Is Alina Gorghiu's Husband"), Adevărul, 1 February 2016; accessed February 1, 2016
- ^ (in Romanian) "Alina Gorghiu, tecuceanca aleasă președinte al PNL" ("Alina Gorghiu, Tecuci Native Elected PNL President") Archived 2014-12-31 at the Wayback Machine, Tecuceanul, 19 December 2014; accessed December 31, 2014
- ^ a b c (in Romanian) Profile at the Romanian Chamber of Deputies site; accessed November 15, 2009
- ^ a b (in Romanian) "Premieră în istoria PNL" ("A First in PNL History"), Gândul, 18 December 2014; accessed December 18, 2014
- ^ (in Romanian) Alexandru Vișan, "Alina Gorghiu despre candidatura la șefia PNL" ("Alina Gorghiu Regarding Her PNL Leadership Campaign") Archived 2014-12-19 at the Wayback Machine, Cotidianul, 18 December 2014; accessed December 18, 2014
- ^ (in Romanian) Election results Archived 2009-11-28 at the Wayback Machine, alegeri.tv; accessed November 15, 2009
- ^ (in Romanian) 2008–2012 Profile at the Romanian Chamber of Deputies site; accessed November 15, 2009
- ^ (in Romanian) Romulus Georgescu, "Concluziile comisiei 'Ridzi': delapidare şi abuz în serviciu" ("Findings of the Ridzi Committee: Embezzlement and Abuse of Office"), Evenimentul Zilei, 10 July 2009; accessed November 15, 2009
- ^ (in Romanian) "Alina Gorghiu: O felicit pe doamna ministru Ridzi, trebuia să facă gestul acesta mai demult" ("Alina Gorghiu: I Applaud Ridzi; She Should Have Done This a While Ago"), Mediafax, 14 July 2009; accessed November 15, 2009
- ^ a b c (in Romanian) Iulia Marin, Alina Boghiceanu, Mădălina Mihalache, "Alina Gorghiu este noul preşedinte al PNL" ("Alina Gorghiu Is the New PNL President"), Adevărul, 18 December 2014; accessed December 18, 2014
- ^ (in Romanian) 2012- Profile at the Romanian Chamber of Deputies site; accessed February 1, 2014
- ^ (in Romanian) Andi Manciu, "Un deputat PNL susţine votul prin corespondenţă şi dreptul de vot de la 16 ani" ("A PNL Deputy Supports Absentee Balloting and the Right to Vote at 16"), Mediafax, 30 May 2013; accessed December 31, 2014
- ^ Profile at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe site
- ^ (in Romanian) Andi Manciu, "Alina Gorghiu a fost desemnată purtător de cuvânt al PNL" ("Alina Gorghiu Designated PNL Spokeswoman"), Mediafax, 7 July 2014; accessed December 18, 2014
- ^ (in Romanian) Radu Eremia, "Gorghiu îşi dă demisia de la şefia PNL" ("Gorghiu Resigns from PNL Leadership"), Adevărul, 12 December 2016; accessed December 12, 2014
- ^ (in Romanian) Mara Ivanov, "Rezultate alegeri în Timiș" ("Election Results in Timiș") Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine, România Liberă, 12 December 2016; accessed December 17, 2016
- ^ (in Romanian) Profile at the Romanian Senate site; accessed November 9, 2021
- ^ (in Romanian) "Florin Cîțu demisionează de la șefia Senatului. Alina Gorghiu va prelua funcția interimar" ("Florin Cîțu Resigns as Senate President. Alina Gorghiu to Take Over as Interim Head"), Digi24, 29 June 2022; accessed June 29, 2022
- ^ (in Romanian) "Fostul premier Nicolae Ciucă a fost ales președinte al Senatului" ("Former Premier Nicolae Ciucă Elected Senate President"), Europa Liberă România, 13 June 2023; accessed June 14, 2023
- ^ (in Romanian) Radu Eremia, "Senatoarea Alina Gorghiu a născut luni seară" ("Senator Alina Gorghiu Gives Birth Monday Evening"), Adevărul, 9 October 2018; accessed May 5, 2020