President of the Chamber of Deputies
Which position did Roberta Anastase hold from Dec 2008 to Jul 2012?
Roberta Anastase Roberta Alma Anastase ( ; born 27 March 1976 in Ploiești , Romania ) is a Romanian politician and former first female President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania between 19 December 2008 and 3 July 2012 . She was a member of the Democratic Liberal Party ( PDL ) , affiliated to the European Peoples Party–European Democrats , and became an MEP on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Romania to the European Union . She also represented Romania at the 1996 Miss Universe competition . Early life . She attended the Faculty of Sociology at the University of Bucharest in the mid-1990s and from 1998 to 2000 she has in-depth her studies in the field of the European issues by studying at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the same university . She was concerned about European and Romanian political systems as well as issues related to citizens participation in democratic life , their presence in the polls and how the citizens are influenced by electoral campaigns . In November 2006 and November 2008 , she was a member of the European Parliament , the member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Deputy Head of the Subcommittee on Security and Defense . Her father , Cornel Anastase , before 1989 was a director of the 1st May factory in Ploiești , and then , a sub prefect of Prahova . Professional activity . - 1994–1995 : Assistant Researcher at the Center for Political Studies and Comparative Analysis ; - 1998–2000 : Director of public relations - commercial company ; - 17/07/2000–27/12/2000 : adviser to the Minister of Transport ; - 2001–present : Parliamentary expert ; - 2001–2004 : Commercial company director . Political activity . Functions , activities in the institution of the central or local public administration - 17/07/2000–27/12/2000 : Adviser to the Minister of Transport Civic activity . - 2001–2003 : Vice-President of the Youth Council of Romania ( C.T.R. ) - 2002–2003 : Member of the Joint Youth Policy Monitoring Group in Romania at the Ministry of Youth and Sport - Youth Council of Romania The President of the Chamber of Deputies . On December 20 , 2008 she became the President of the Chamber of Deputies , elected by 218 votes . Her opponents were Ludovic Orban ( with 69 votes ) and László Borbély ( with 26 votes ) . She was also the first woman who chaired the Chamber of Deputies and the youngest person who held this position ( aged 32 at that time ) . Awards . - Citizen of Honor of the State of Nebraska , USA - Honorary citizen of District Heights , Maryland , USA Other activities . - 1994 : Won Miss Universe Romania contest ; - 2001 : Participated in launching of the European Youth White Paper , Belgium ; - 2002 : Participated in the Inter-ministerial Committee responsible for European Youth Policy , Greece ; - 2004 : Participated in the program Romania in the United States of America organised by the American Council for Young Political Leaders and Pluralism Foundation . Controversies . On 15 September 2010 Anastase headed the meeting of the Chamber when the pension bill passed . As chairman of the meeting , when putting the bill to the vote , she counted the deputies , stating that the quorum was reached , although there were only 80 deputies present - and therefore that the bill passed . According to Ms . Anastase , more than 160 deputies voted , even 270 . The National Liberal Party ( PNL ) and Social Democratic Party ( PSD ) groups had previously left the session and thus refrained from voting . On 6 October 2010 the Constitutional Court rejected the appeals filed by PNL and PSD and declared the law constitutional . President Traian Băsescu returned the law for a new debate to the Parliament , but for other reasons than those claimed by the opposition . On 3 July 2012 , after the political majority in the parliament had changed when several members of the Democratic Liberal Party ( PDL ) ruling party migrated to other parties ( especially to the Social Liberal Union , USL ) , Roberta Anastase was revoked from the position of President of the Chamber of Deputies and was replaced by Valeriu Zgonea ( PSD ) . External links . - President of the Chamber of Deputies - European Parliament profile