Alina Zotea

Born in Cantemir, she became a model at age fifteen, and continued her involvement in the activity through her twenties.^[2] She graduated from high school in 2007, and in 2011 obtained a degree from the economics faculty of Moldova State University.^[3]

Zotea joined the Liberal Party (PL) in 2005,^[3] and became a personal assistant to party leader Mihai Ghimpu in 2014. In that year's election for the Parliament of Moldova, she ran on the party's lists, in 19th position.^[4] During the campaign, some online commentators questioned her fitness for office, citing her provocative modeling photographs.^[3] In August 2015, when five PL members of parliament resigned in order to join the new Streleț Cabinet, one of the vacancies fell to Zotea, who agreed to fill it.^[5] Her term began early the following month, after validation from the Constitutional Court.^[6]

In autumn 2017, Zotea married Vlad Durnea;^[7] she gave birth to a child a year later.^[8]