Viorica Dăncilă
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Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă (Romanian pronunciation: [vasiˈlika vi.oˈrika dənˈtʃilə]; born 16 December 1963)[1] is a Romanian politician, former leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), and was Prime Minister of Romania from 29 January 2018 to 4 November 2019.[2] She is the first woman in Romanian history to hold both the office of Prime Minister and that of president of the PSD. In 2014, she was elected to a second term as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), representing the PSD. She was also president of the Social Democratic Women's Organization (OFSD) between 2015 and 2018.
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Viorica Dăncilă | |
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Prime Minister of Romania | |
In office 29 January 2018 – 4 November 2019 | |
President | Klaus Iohannis |
Preceded by | Mihai Tudose |
Succeeded by | Ludovic Orban |
President of the Social Democratic Party | |
In office 27 May 2019 – 26 November 2019 | |
Preceded by | Liviu Dragnea |
Succeeded by | Marcel Ciolacu |
President of Nation People Together | |
Assumed office 12 April 2022 | |
Member of the European Parliament for Romania | |
In office 21 January 2009 – 28 January 2018 | |
Succeeded by | Gabriela Zoană |
Personal details | |
Born | Vasilica Viorica Nica (1963-12-16) 16 December 1963 (age 60) Roșiorii de Vede, Romania |
Political party | Nation People Together (2022–present) |
Other political affiliations | Social Democratic Party (1996–2022) |
Spouse | Cristinel Dăncilă |
Children | 1 |
Education | Petroleum-Gas University National University of Political Studies and Public Administration |
Dăncilă became a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) in 1996, as part of the party's organization in Teleorman County.[3] Over the years she has held several positions in both PSD and the local administration. She was a local council and a county councilor until 2009, when she was elected to her first term as an MEP. Also she occupied several leadership positions in the party, as president of the local organization, vice president of PSD Teleorman and president of OFSD Teleorman. In 2022, she resigned from the PSD to join the then-newly founded party Nation People Together, of which she became president.[4]
Before entering politics Dăncilă was an engineer with Petrom SA, and prior to that a teacher at Videle Industrial High School.