Monica_Iacob_Ridzi
Monica Iacob Ridzi
Romanian politician
Monica Maria Iacob Ridzi (born 30 June 1977 in Petroșani) is a Romanian politician. She was the head of the youth wing of the Democratic Liberal Party,[1] and a representative in the Chamber of Deputies of Romania since 2008. She is a former member of the Boc cabinet, and was a Member of the European Parliament during 2007–2008.
In February 2015, she received a 5-year prison sentence for abuse of office in relation to the 2009 Youth Day.[2] On December 3, 2015, President Klaus Iohannis rejected Ridzi's pardon plea.[3] In December 2017, she was released from prison, after spending nearly three years incarcerated.[4]