Lavinia Șandru
Romanian politician, actress and TV host
Marcela Lavinia Șandru (born 6 February 1975) is a Romanian politician, journalist and actress. 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.
Biography
She was born in Dej, Cluj County, and attended the University of Arts Târgu-Mureș, 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.
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