Elena Udrea

Elena Udrea
Udrea at the 2013 PD-L convention
Minister of Regional Development and Tourism
In office 23 December 2009 – 9 February 2012
Prime Minister	Emil Boc
Preceded by	Vasile Blaga (Regional Development) Herself (Tourism)
Succeeded by	Cristian Petrescu
Minister of Tourism
In office 22 December 2008 – 23 December 2009
Prime Minister	Emil Boc
Preceded by	Matei-Agathon Dan (2000–2003)
Succeeded by	Herself (Regional Development and Tourism)
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 30 November 2008 – 20 December 2016
Member of the General Council of the Municipality of Bucharest
In office June 2004 – February 2005
Mayors:	Traian Băsescu Adriean Videanu
Leader of the People's Movement Party
In office 8 June 2014 – 30 January 2015
Preceded by	Eugen Tomac (Acting)
Succeeded by	Eugen Tomac
Personal details
Born	(1973-12-26) 26 December 1973 (age 50) Buzău, Romania
Political party	National Liberal Party (2002–2005) Liberal Democratic Party (2006–2007) Democratic Liberal Party (2007–2014) People's Movement Party (2014–2016)
Spouse	Dorin Cocoș [ro] ​ ​ (m. 2003; div. 2013)​
Alma mater	Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University Carol I National Defence University

Elena Gabriela Udrea (Romanian pronunciation: [eˈlena ˈudre̯a]; born 26 December 1973) is a Romanian politician. An independent who held office while in the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) and then the People's Movement Party (PMP), she was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2016. In successive Emil Boc cabinets, she served as Tourism Minister from 2008 to 2009 and as Regional Development and Tourism Minister from 2009 to 2012. Sentenced to six years in prison for corruption offenses, she sought asylum in Costa Rica in 2018. The following year, she gave up the asylum claim and returned to Romania, where she is currently serving her sentence.