Elena Udrea | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Udrea at the 2013 PD-L convention | |
| Minister of Regional Development and Tourism | |
| In office 23 December 2009 – 9 February 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Emil Boc |
| Preceded by | Vasile Blaga (Regional Development) Herself (Tourism) |
| Succeeded by | Cristian Petrescu |
| Minister of Tourism | |
| In office 22 December 2008 – 23 December 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Emil Boc |
| Preceded by | Matei-Agathon Dan (2000–2003) |
| Succeeded by | Herself (Regional Development and Tourism) |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 30 November 2008 – 20 December 2016 | |
| Member of the General Council of the Municipality of Bucharest | |
| In office June 2004 – February 2005 | |
| Mayors: | Traian Băsescu Adriean Videanu |
| Leader of the People's Movement Party | |
| In office 8 June 2014 – 30 January 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Eugen Tomac (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Eugen Tomac |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 December 1973 Buzău, Romania |
| Political party | National Liberal Party (2002–2005) Liberal Democratic Party (2006–2007) Democratic Liberal Party (2007–2014) People's Movement Party (2014–2016) |
| Spouse | |
| Alma mater | Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University Carol I National Defence University |
Elena Gabriela Udrea (Romanian pronunciation: [eˈlena ˈudre̯a]; born 26 December 1973) is a Romanian politician. An independent who held office while in the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) and then the People's Movement Party (PMP), she was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2016. In successive Emil Boc cabinets, she served as Tourism Minister from 2008 to 2009 and as Regional Development and Tourism Minister from 2009 to 2012. Sentenced to six years in prison for corruption offenses, she sought asylum in Costa Rica in 2018. The following year, she gave up the asylum claim and returned to Romania, where she is currently serving her sentence.