Natalia-Elena Intotero
Natalia-Elena Intotero | |
|---|---|
Intotero in 2025 | |
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 23 December 2024 – 23 June 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Marcel Ciolacu Cătălin Predoiu (acting) |
| Preceded by | Raluca Turcan |
| Succeeded by | András István Demeter |
| Minister of Family, Youth and Equality of Opportunity | |
| In office 19 July 2023 – 23 December 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Marcel Ciolacu |
| Preceded by | Gabriela Firea |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 14, 1976 Brad, Hunedoara County, Romania |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party (SDP) |
| Alma mater | University of Bucharest, West University of Timișoara |
Natalia-Elena Intotero (born 14 January 1976) is a Romanian politician from the Social Democratic Party (PSD) currently serving as Minister of Culture and formerly as Minister of Family, Youth and Equality of Opportunity.
Life
In 1995 she graduated from the "Sabin Dragoi" Pedagogical High School in Brad, and afterward worked part-time as a teacher at the "Horea, Cloșca and Crișan" General School which is also located in Brad until 2004.[1] Natalia-Elena Intotero studied English language at the West University of Timișoara then studied international relations at the University of Bucharest.[2]
She became the director of the Horea school form 2008 to 2009 after her studies.[1] In March 2009, she became secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[3] After being secretary, she returned to education as deputy director of the "Avram Iancu" National College until 2011.[1] In 2012 she was briefly again Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until she became deputy.[1]
She was a member of the Parliament of Romania following the 2012 Romanian parliamentary election and the 2016 Romanian parliamentary election.[2] She is deputy of the Commission for Foreign Policy since December 2012 and vice-president of the PSD Parliamentary Group.[2][3]
Between January 2018 and April 2019, she was secretary of state for the Romanians living abroad.[3][4][5] In 2020 she was proposed for a new mandate as deputy for Hunedoara County, which she successfully won, and soon after she became chairman of the Education Committee in December 2020.[6] During the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, she advocated for schools to stay open, saying that classes were closed because of the incapacity of the people who had lead the educational system.[7]
On 19 July 2023, she was sworn in as Minister of Family, Youth and Equality of Opportunity in the Ciolacu Cabinet.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d Mircică, Oana-Maria (10 August 2022). "Cine este Natalia Intotero, deputată PSD și președinta Comisiei pentru învățământ din Camera Deputaților". Romania Curata. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ a b c "Natalia-Elena Intotero, minister for the Romanians abroad (biofile)". AGERPRES. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ a b c "BIOGRAFIE: Natalia Intotero, propusă ministru pentru Românii de Pretutindeni, a fost secretar de stat la MAE şi la Departamentul pentru Românii de Pretutindeni". News.ro (in Romanian). 26 January 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ a b Dumitrescu, Radu (17 July 2023). "Romanian Social Democrats name new family, labor ministers after recent resignations". Romania Insider. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Lindsay, Frey. "The Romanian Diaspora Minister Wants Romanians To Come Home". Forbes. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Natalia Elena Intotero - raport de activitate. DOI ANI ÎN PARLAMENT". Stiri si informatii din judetul Hunedoara. Mesagerul Hunedorean (in Romanian). 28 December 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Natalia Intotero, preşedintele Comisiei de învăţământ din Camera Deputaţilor: Elevii trebuie să rămână în bănci". Mediafax (in Romanian). 22 September 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2025.