{{Short description|Moldovan economist, model and politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Alina Zotea-Durnea | image = Alina Zotea (cropped).jpg | caption = Zotea-Durnea in 2015 | office = Member of the Moldovan Parliament | term_start = 4 September 2015 | term_end = 9 March 2019 | predecessor = Valeriu Munteanu | successor = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|12|08|df=yes}} | birth_place = Cantemir, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union | death_date = | death_place = | party = Liberal Party <small>(2005-)</small> | other_party = | spouse = Vlad Durnea (m. 2017)<ref>{{in lang|ro}} [http://www.timpul.md/articol/foto----video-deputata-alina-zotea-s-a-maritat---a-avut-o-nunta-cu-daruri-i-cantece-patriotice-120812.html "Deputata Alina Zotea s-a măritat"], ''Timpul'', October 1, 2017</ref> | children = | alma_mater = Moldova State University | profession = economist, model | parliamentary_group = Liberal Party }} '''Alina Zotea-Durnea''' (born 8 December 1986) is a Moldovan economist, model and politician.
== Biography == Born in Cantemir, she became a model at age fifteen, and continued her involvement in the activity through her twenties.<ref>{{in lang|ro}} [https://archive.today/20150813084606/http://cms4.jurnal.md/ro/import/2011/3/28/zimbru-are-o-noua-fana-alina-zotea-iubeste-galben-verzii-203056/ "Zimbru are o nouă fană; Alina Zotea iubeşte 'galben-verzii'"], jurnal.md, March 28, 2011</ref> She graduated from high school in 2007, and in 2011 obtained a degree from the economics faculty of Moldova State University.<ref name="agora">{{in lang|ro}} [http://agora.md/stiri/11359/alina-zotea-va-ajunge-deputat-in-parlament "Alina Zotea va ajunge deputat în Parlament"], agora.md, July 31, 2015</ref>
Zotea joined the Liberal Party (PL) in 2005,<ref name="agora"/> and became a personal assistant to party leader Mihai Ghimpu in 2014. In that year's election for the Parliament of Moldova, she ran on the party's lists, in 19th position.<ref>{{in lang|ro}} [http://www.noi.md/md/news_id/48733 "Ghimpu a mărturisit unde tinde sex simbolul Alina Zotea şi ce va fi în Moldova dacă Usatîi va veni la putere"], noi.md, October 8, 2014</ref> During the campaign, some online commentators questioned her fitness for office, citing her provocative modeling photographs.<ref name="agora"/> In August 2015, when five PL members of parliament resigned in order to join the new Streleț Cabinet, one of the vacancies fell to Zotea, who agreed to fill it.<ref>{{in lang|ro}} [http://curentul.md/politica/alina-zotea-a-acceptat-mandatul-de-deputat-in-urmatorii-ani-imi-propun.html "Alina Zotea a acceptat mandatul de deputat"], ''Curentul'', August 11, 2015</ref> Her term began early the following month, after validation from the Constitutional Court.<ref>{{in lang|ro}} [http://www.noi.md/md/news_id/68049 "Mandatele a nouă parlamentari noi au fost validate"], noi.md, September 4, 2015</ref>
In autumn 2017, Zotea married Vlad Durnea;<ref>[http://protv.md/stiri/divertisment/a-fost-nunta-mare-in-capitala-deputata-alina-zotea-s-a-maritat---2028801.html A fost nunta mare in capitala. Deputata Alina Zotea s-a maritat: invitatii au venit cu daruri patriotice, tinerii insuratei au dansat vals, iar mirele a cantat o piesa populara], protv.md, October 1, 2017 {{in lang|ro}}</ref> she gave birth to a child a year later.<ref>{{in lang|ro}} [https://unimedia.info/ro/news/d074d1a4fd94d806/deputata-alina-zotea-a-devenit-mamica.html "Deputata Alina Zotea a devenit mămică"], Unimedia, October 19, 2018</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{commons category}} {{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zotea, Alina}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:People from Cantemir District Category:Moldova State University alumni Category:Liberal Party (Moldova) MPs Category:Moldovan female MPs Category:Moldovan female models Category:21st-century Moldovan women politicians Category:21st-century Moldovan economists