Mădălin Ştefan Voicu (born 10 July 1952, in

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) is a

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n musician and politician of Romani ethnicity. Voicu is a member of the

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(PSD) and has been a parliamentarian in the

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since 1996. He is one of only two ethnic Romani politicians in the current parliament; the other is

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, who holds the seat specifically reserved for a member of the Romani minority. Mădălin Voicu, born on 10 July 1952 in Bucharest, is the son of

Ion Voicu Ion Voicu (; October 8, 1923 – February 24, 1997) was a Romanian violinist and orchestral conductor of Romani ethnicity. In 1969 he founded the award-winning Bucharest Chamber Orchestra, which is now conducted by his son Mădălin Voicu. Life ...

, a well-known Romani-Romanian musician. In his youth, he was close friends with

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, the son of

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's leader

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, as well as with other young members of the

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. Voicu graduated from the National University of Music, completed training as a

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at various schools abroad, and was employed by

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s in

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and

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. He began his political activity in 1994-1996 as a member of the defunct ''Party of Liberty and Social Unity'' (, PLUS) and then became active in the Social Democratic Roma Party of Romania (PDSR). Voicu was elected to the seat reserved for minorities in the 1996-2000 legislature before running on the common PDSR-PSD list in 2000.Mădălin-Ștefan Voicu – Curriculum Vitae
on the website of the

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References

External links

Mădălin Voicu at the Chamber of Deputies site

in ''

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'', February 20, 2006 {{DEFAULTSORT:Voicu, Madalin 1952 births Living people Politicians from Bucharest Voicu, Ion Romanian Romani people Social Democratic Party (Romania) politicians Voicu, Ion Romani politicians Romani violinists 21st-century Romanian conductors (music) 21st-century violinists 21st-century Romanian male musicians