- Gabriela Creţu
Gabriela Creţu (born January 16, 1965) is a
Romania n politician and member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), part of theParty of European Socialists . Elected to the Chamber of Deputies forVaslui County in the 2004 elections, she became aMember of the European Parliament on January 1, 2007, with theaccession of Romania to the European Union .Born in
Târgu Frumos , Creţu graduated from theIaşi High School of Economic and Administrative Law (1983), and then from the Faculty of Philosophy at theUniversity of Iaşi (1987). She later specialized inGender studies ,Political communications ,Gender mainstreaming , andPolitical campaign ing. In 1998, Creţu took herPhD inEpistemology and thePhilosophy of science . She has authored and published several essays in the field.Between 1987 and 2004, she taught
Social science at high schools inVaslui . Having joined theNational Salvation Front in 1990, she followed it into the transformations that led to its transformation into the present-day PSD; since 1998, she serves on the party's National Council; until 2001, she was also Secretary of the PSD Women's Forum, and, since 2005, she is Vice President of the National Social Democratic Women's Organization.As a deputy, Creţu served on the Committee for Culture, Arts, and Mass-Media. She is the mother of one son.
References
* [http://www.cdep.ro/pls/parlam/structura.mp?idm=215&cam=2&leg=2004 Profile at the Chamber of Deputies site]
External links
* [http://www.gabrielacretu.ro/ Official Site and Blog]
* [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/yourMep/view.do;?id=33977 European Parliament profile]
* [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/mepphoto/33977.jpgEuropean Parliament official photo]
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