Roberta Anastase | |
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| President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania | |
| In office 19 December 2008 – 3 July 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Bogdan Olteanu |
| Succeeded by | Valeriu Zgonea |
| Constituency | Prahova |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1976-03-27)27 March 1976 (age 49) |
| Party | Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) |
| Alma mater | University of Bucharest |
Roberta Alma Anastase (Romanian pronunciation:[roˈbertaanasˈtase]; born 27 March 1976 inPloiești,Romania) is a Romanian politician and former first femalePresident ofthe Chamber of Deputies of Romania between 19 December 2008 and 3 July 2012.
She was a member of theDemocratic Liberal Party (PDL), affiliated to theEuropean People's Party–European Democrats, and became anMEP on 1 January 2007 with theaccession of Romania to the European Union. She also represented Romania at the 1996Miss Universe competition.
She attended the Faculty of Sociology at theUniversity of Bucharest in the mid-1990s and from 1998 to 2000 she has in-depth her studies in the field of the European issues by studying at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the same university. She was concerned about European and Romanian political systems as well as issues related to citizens' participation in democratic life, their presence in the polls and how the citizens are influenced by electoral campaigns.
In November 2006 and November 2008, she was a member of theEuropean Parliament, the member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Deputy Head of the Subcommittee on Security and Defense.[1][failed verification][2]
Her father, Cornel Anastase, before 1989 was a director of the 1st May factory inPloiești,[3] and then, a sub-prefect ofPrahova County.[4]
Functions, activities in the institution of the central or local public administration
On December 20, 2008 she became the President of the Chamber of Deputies, elected by 218 votes. Her opponents wereLudovic Orban (with 69 votes) andLászló Borbély (with 26 votes). She was also the first woman who chaired the Chamber of Deputies and the youngest person who held this position (aged 32 at that time).
On 15 September 2010 Anastase headed the meeting of the Chamber when the pension bill passed. As chairman of the meeting, when putting the bill to the vote, she counted the deputies, stating that the quorum was reached, although there were only 80 deputies present - and therefore that the bill passed. According to Ms. Anastase, more than 160 deputies voted, even 270. TheNational Liberal Party (PNL) andSocial Democratic Party (PSD) groups had previously left the session and thus refrained from voting.[6][7] On 6 October 2010 theConstitutional Court rejected the appeals filed by PNL and PSD and declared the law constitutional.[8] PresidentTraian Băsescu returned the law for a new debate to the Parliament, but for other reasons than those claimed by the opposition.[9]
On 3 July 2012, after the political majority in the parliament had changed when several members of theDemocratic Liberal Party (PDL) ruling party migrated to other parties (especially to theSocial Liberal Union, USL), Roberta Anastase was revoked from the position of President of the Chamber of Deputies and was replaced byValeriu Zgonea (PSD).[10]
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| Preceded by | Miss Universe Romania 1996 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | President of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies 2008-2012 | Succeeded by |
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