10 Facts About Alina Gorghiu

Alina Gorghiu was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Bucharest from December 2008 to December 2016.

Alina Gorghiu then attended the Law and Administration Faculty of Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University in Bucharest, graduating in 2001.

Alina Gorghiu holds a master's degree in Communications and Public Relations from the National School of Administration and Political Science of Bucharest.

Alina Gorghiu then worked as an adviser to the president of the Authority for State Assets Recovery until December 2008.

Alina Gorghiu, who joined the PNL in 2002, has held two elected offices.

Alina Gorghiu was president of the committee of enquiry for verifying the amounts of money paid by the Youth and Sport Ministry through documents signed by minister Monica Iacob-Ridzi for organising the 2009 Youth Day festival.

Alina Gorghiu was one of the Chamber's vice presidents from September to December 2012.

Alina Gorghiu ran to succeed him, earning his endorsement in the process.

Alina Gorghiu was elected on a vote of 47 to 28, defeating Ludovic Orban and thus becoming both the party's youngest leader and the first female in the position.

In 2016, Alina Gorghiu secretly married Lucian Isar, a banker who briefly served as a junior minister under Victor Ponta in his first cabinet in 2012.