Oana Niculescu-Mizil Ștefănescu (born August 11, 1975) is a

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(PSD) since 2000, with an interlude as an

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during 2012, she sat in the

Romanian Chamber of Deputies ); – Committee for Industries and Services ( ro, Comisia pentru industrii și servicii); – Committee for Transport and Infrastructure ( ro, Comisia pentru transporturi și infrastructură); – Committee for Agriculture, Forestry, Food Indu ...

for

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from 2008 to 2015.

Biography

She was born in Bucharest to Coman Nicolae Ștefănescu and Lidia Niculescu-Mizil; her maternal grandfather was Paul Niculescu-Mizil, a Ceaușescu-era Communist politician.Biography
at Niculescu-Mizil's official site; accessed March 26, 2012 Andreea Ţuligă

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Evenimentul Zilei ''Evenimentul Zilei'' is a formerly physical and now exclusively online newspaper in Romania. Its name means "today's even (news)". History and profile ''Evenimentul Zilei'' was founded by Ion Cristoiu, Cornel Nistorescu and Mihai Cârciog, and ...

'', March 1, 2009; accessed March 26, 2012 She had one brother, Răzvan, who died in a motorcycle accident in 2005, aged 28. A 1994 graduate of I. L. Caragiale National College, she attended Spiru Haret University from 2000 to 2003, studying Marketing and International Business. She also holds a 2009 master's degree from the

Carol I National Defence University The Carol I National Defence University ( ro, Universitatea Națională de Apărare "Carol I" (UNAp)) is an institution of higher education, located in Bucharest, Romania. It was established in 1889 by Ștefan Fălcoianu under the name Higher War ...

, where she studied security and national defense. From 2000 to 2002, she worked in the foreign affairs department of

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's administration, focusing on the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. She has headed a luxury chocolate company since 2003, and has been honorary director of a media consortium since 2004.Profile at the Romanian Chamber of Deputies site
accessed March 26, 2012 Joining the PSD in 2000, Niculescu-Mizil was elected to represent Bucharest's

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neighborhood in Parliament in 2008, and served on its committees for foreign affairs and Romanians abroad during her first term.2008–2012 Profile at the Romanian Chamber of Deputies site
accessed March 26, 2012 In 2010, protesting what she saw as the "fraudulent" adoption of a pensions law, she appeared in Parliament in a

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borrowed from the

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penitentiary. Prior to addressing legislators, President

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asked her, "Do you really think you needed to create a circus, madam?""Traian Băsescu către Oana Mizil îmbrăcată în deținut: Chiar crezi că era nevoie de circ, doamnă?"
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'', September 21, 2010; accessed March 26, 2012"Oana Niculescu Mizil l-a așteptat pe Băsescu îmbrăcată în zeghe, la Parlament"
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'', September 21, 2010; accessed March 26, 2012 In March 2012, after two years heading the

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chapter of the PSD, she was removed from that position after clashing with the party leadership, objecting to its decision to dismiss

Marian Vanghelie Daniel Marian Vanghelie (born 1968 in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian politician, the former mayor of the 5th Sector of Bucharest (2000–2016) and a former member of the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSD). He ran for a fifth term in 2016 ...

as head of the Bucharest party organization. Days later, she resigned from the party, alleging that it was no longer promoting advantages for ordinary people, instead advancing the personal interests of certain of its leaders. For the

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, she ran on the lists of the

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, backed by the PSD, and won a new term. Initially assigned to the culture committee, she was later placed on the foreign policy committee.2012–2016 Profile at the Romanian Chamber of Deputies site
accessed December 23, 2014 In October 2014, she received a three-year suspended sentence in a conflict of interest case that arose after she hired her mother in her parliamentary office. The following March, when a corruption investigation against Vanghelie began, she resigned from the Chamber, citing a wish not to impede the judicial process. In October 2016, her three-year suspended sentence was reduced to one year. In 1999, she married Lebanese businessman Jamil Tohme. In 2012, she and Vanghelie, the mayor of Sector 5, which included her electoral district, confirmed that for the past year, they were in a relationship that had begun after each separated from their respective spouse. Mihai Voinea, Cristian Delcea
"Iubirea dintre 'doamna Oana' și tandrul Marian"
'' Adevărul'', January 18, 2012; accessed March 26, 2012 The couple had a daughter in 2015. Cătălin Lupășteanu
"Marian Vanghelie, despre naşterea fiicei sale"
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'', September 4, 2015; accessed March 20, 2017 Oana Mizil is nicknamed ''Laleaua neagră'' ("The Black Tulip") after a legendary woman who benefited the

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residents of Ferentari.

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