Alina Zotea

Alina Zotea-Durnea
Zotea-Durnea in 2015
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
4 September 2015 – 9 March 2019
Preceded byValeriu Munteanu
Parliamentary groupLiberal Party
Personal details
Born (1986-12-08) 8 December 1986 (age 37)
Cantemir, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyLiberal Party (2005-)
SpouseVlad Durnea (m. 2017)[1]
Alma materMoldova State University
Professioneconomist, model

Alina Zotea-Durnea (born 8 December 1986) is a Moldovan economist, model and politician.

Born in Cantemir, she became a model at age fifteen, and continued her involvement in the activity through her twenties.[2] She graduated from high school in 2007, and in 2011 obtained a degree from the economics faculty of Moldova State University.[3]

Zotea joined the Liberal Party (PL) in 2005,[3] and became a personal assistant to party leader Mihai Ghimpu in 2014. In that year's election for the Parliament of Moldova, she ran on the party's lists, in 19th position.[4] During the campaign, some online commentators questioned her fitness for office, citing her provocative modeling photographs.[3] In August 2015, when five PL members of parliament resigned in order to join the new Streleț Cabinet, one of the vacancies fell to Zotea, who agreed to fill it.[5] Her term began early the following month, after validation from the Constitutional Court.[6]

In autumn 2017, Zotea married Vlad Durnea;[7] she gave birth to a child a year later.[8]

  1. ^ (in Romanian) "Deputata Alina Zotea s-a măritat", Timpul, October 1, 2017
  2. ^ (in Romanian) "Zimbru are o nouă fană; Alina Zotea iubeşte 'galben-verzii'", jurnal.md, March 28, 2011
  3. ^ a b c (in Romanian) "Alina Zotea va ajunge deputat în Parlament", agora.md, July 31, 2015
  4. ^ (in Romanian) "Ghimpu a mărturisit unde tinde sex simbolul Alina Zotea şi ce va fi în Moldova dacă Usatîi va veni la putere", noi.md, October 8, 2014
  5. ^ (in Romanian) "Alina Zotea a acceptat mandatul de deputat", Curentul, August 11, 2015
  6. ^ (in Romanian) "Mandatele a nouă parlamentari noi au fost validate", noi.md, September 4, 2015
  7. ^ A fost nunta mare in capitala. Deputata Alina Zotea s-a maritat: invitatii au venit cu daruri patriotice, tinerii insuratei au dansat vals, iar mirele a cantat o piesa populara, protv.md, October 1, 2017 (in Romanian)
  8. ^ (in Romanian) "Deputata Alina Zotea a devenit mămică", Unimedia, October 19, 2018