Norica Nicolai

Norica Nicolai
Norica Nicolai in 2016
Member of the European Parliament
for Romania
In office
1 July 2009 – 1 July 2019
Senator
In office
November 2000 – November 2008
Serving with four others
PresidentIon Iliescu
Traian Băsescu
Prime MinisterAdrian Năstase
Eugen Bejinariu
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
ConstituencyNo. 13 Cluj
Personal details
Born
Norica Clinci

27 January 1958 (1958-01-27) (age 66)
Sinaia, Romania
Political partyChristian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚ-CD)
National Liberal Party (PNL)
Independent
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE)
Alma materUniversity of Bucharest
ProfessionLawyer
Websitewww.noricanicolai.ro

Norica Nicolai (born January 27, 1958) is a Romanian lawyer and politician. An independent who previously belonged to the National Liberal Party (PNL) and before that the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNŢ-CD), she was a member of the Romanian Senate for Cluj County from 2000 to 2008, and a Member of the European Parliament between 2009 and 2019. She was at the centre of a conflict between Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu and President Traian Băsescu in early 2008, with the latter rejecting, ultimately successfully, the former's nomination of Nicolai to be Justice Minister.

She is married and has one child.[1]