Lavinia Șandru
| Lavinia Șandru | |
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Lavinia Șandru in 2009
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| Born |
Marcela Lavinia Șandru February 6, 1975 Dej, Cluj County, Romania |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Alma mater | Târgu Mureș Arts University |
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| Television | Realitatea TV |
| Political party |
Democratic Party (2001-2005) National Initiative Party (2005-2008) National Union for the Progress of Romania (2011-2012) |
| Spouse(s) | Darius Vâlcov (m. 2005; div. 2015) |
| Children | two |
Marcela Lavinia Șandru (born February 6, 1975) is a Romanian politician and journalist. The former president of the National Initiative Party (PIN), she was also vice president of the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR). She was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Mureș County from 2004 to 2008.
She was born in Dej and attended the Târgu Mureș Arts University, graduating in 1997. She interned at the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education in 2003, and in 2004 began work on a master's degree at the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Political Sciences. From 2001 to 2004 she headed public relations for Aldaco, a film company, and in 2004 was director of Star Media & Film. Her political career began in 2001-2002, when she was director of public relations for the Democratic Party (PD). In 2002, she headed its international relations department, and in 2004, she became president of the Mureș County PD organisation. She also represented the party at the Party of European Socialists (PES) and the Socialist International.
Șandru won a seat in Parliament at the 2004 legislative election. The following February, when Cozmin Gușă resigned his party post due to a disagreement with the leadership, Șandru did likewise, sitting as an independent for the remainder of the term. Later that year, she became vice president of the National Initiative Party founded by Guşă, a position she held until 2008. She resigned from the PIN in October 2008 in order to run as an independent for a Bucharest seat in the Chamber, as she realised the PIN was not going to win enough seats to enter Parliament. Party members did support her candidacy, but she was defeated.
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