Lidia Vadim-Tudor (born 3 August 1990) is a Romanian politician who since 2024 has served a member of the

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for the

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(AUR).

Biography

Lidia Vadim-Tudor was born on 3 August 1990 in

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, the capital of

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, less than a year after the

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which ended

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. She is the eldest daughter of

Corneliu Vadim Tudor Corneliu Vadim Tudor (; 28 November 1949 – 14 September 2015), also colloquially known as "Tribunul", was a poet, writer, and journalist who was the leader of the Greater Romania Party () and a Member of the European Parliament. He was a Rom ...

(1949–2015), who ran for president of Romania several times, in 2000 reaching to secound round, but losing to

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. She has been a defender of her farther's legacy. Tudor graduated from the Ion Luca Caragiale National College in Bucharest, and later attended the Faculty of Journalism and Psychology at

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. As of April 2024, Tudor had since 2005 been the editor-in-chief of '' România Mare'', a magazine founded in 1991 by her farther and which later developed into the

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(''Partidul România Mare'').

Political career

On 2 April 2024, the Alliance for the Union of Romanians party (AUR), announced Tudor as its candidate for the mayorship of Bucharest's

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in the

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on 9 June.

Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2024–present)

In the

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on 1 December, Tudor was elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the

(AUR) in

, taking office on 21 December.Lidia VADIM-TUDOR
'' Champer of Deputies''. As an member of the Chamber of Deputies, she serves as Vice-Chair of the Committee on

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and the

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, as well as on the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men. In addition, Tudor is part of the parliamentary friendship groups with

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and

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. In April 2025, she expressed concern over democratic backsliding in Romania in the context of the cancellation of the

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Personal life

On 10 July 2021, Tudor civilly married writer Dan-Alexandru Tano, who was 20 years her senior. However, Tano died on 16 October that year after contracting

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, leaving Tudor a

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vadim-Tudor, Lidia Living people 1990 births People from Bucharest Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Alliance for the Union of Romanians politicians 21st-century Romanian women politicians Ion Luca Caragiale National College (Bucharest) alumni Spiru Haret National College (Bucharest) alumni

Biography

Political career

Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2024–present)

Personal life

See also

References