Elena Lasconi | |
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President of the Save Romania Union | |
Assumed office 26 June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Cătălin Drulă |
Mayor of Câmpulung | |
Assumed office 19 October 2020 | |
Preceded by | Liviu Țâroiu |
Personal details | |
Born | Elena Valerica Lasconi[1] 20 April 1972 Hațeg, Hunedoara County, Socialist Republic of Romania |
Political party | Save Romania Union (2019–present) |
Spouse |
Cătălin Georgescu (m. 2012) |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | Traian Ecological University of Deva |
Profession | Journalist |
Elena Valerica Lasconi (Romanian pronunciation: [eˈlena lasˈkoni]; born 20 April 1972) is a Romanian politician and former journalist. She is currently serving as the mayor of Câmpulung in Argeș County, having been elected in both the 2020 and 2024 elections.[2] On 26 June 2024, she won the internal elections in the Save Romania Union (USR), becoming its president. USR elected her in a landslide as the party's frontrunner in the upcoming presidential election.[3]
Lasconi briefly led the list of USR candidates for the 2024 European Parliament elections, a position she resigned from at the request of the former party president, Cătălin Drulă.