Mădălin Voicu
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Mădălin Voicu (b. 10 July 1952 in Bucharest) is a Romanian musician and politician of Roma ethnicity. Voicu is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), and has been a parliamentarian in the Chamber of Deputies since 1996. He is one of only two ethnic Roma politicians in the current parliament; the other is Nicolae Păun, who holds the seat specifically reserved for a member of the Roma minority.
Mădălin is the son of Ion Voicu, a well-known Roma-Romanian musician. In his youth, he was close friends with Nicu Ceauşescu, the son of Communist Romania's leader Nicolae Ceauşescu, as well as with other young members of the nomenklatura.
Voicu graduated from the National University of Music, completed training as a conductor at various schools abroad, and was employed by orchestras in Craiova and Ploieşti.
He began his political activity as a member of the defunct Party of Liberty and Social Unity (PLUS), then became active in the Social Democratic Roma Party of Romania, was elected to the seat reserved for minorities in the 1996-2000 legislature, before running on the PSD list in 2000.
[edit] External links
- (Romanian) Mădălin Voicu at the Chamber of Deputies site
- (Romanian) Cristina Vohn, "Gaşca lui Nicu Ceauşescu" ("Nicu Ceauşescu's Pack") - includes Voicu's own recollections, in Jurnalul Naţional, February 20, 2006
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The Roma minority in Romania |  |
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| Organisations | National Agency for the Roma | Aven Amentza | Romani CRISS | Resource Center for Roma Communities | Romanothan | |
| Initiatives | Decade of Roma Inclusion | National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust | Racism Breaks the Game | |
| People | Mădălin Voicu | Ion Voicu | Nicolae Păun | Gheorghe Răducanu | Taraful Haiducilor | |
| Demographics | List of towns in Romania by Roma population | |
| Culture | Romani language | Kalderash | Boyash | Ursari | Lăutari | International Romani Art Festival | |
