Diana Șoșoacă
Diana Șoșoacă | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Romania | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Senator of Romania | |
| In office 21 December 2020 – 15 July 2024 | |
| Parliamentary group | AUR (2020–2021) Independent (2021–2024) |
| Constituency | Iași County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Diana Iovanovici Șoșoacă 13 November 1975 Bucharest, Romania |
| Political party | S.O.S. Romania (2022–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Romanian Nationhood Party (2020–2022) |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Lawyer • Politician |
Diana Iovanovici Șoșoacă (born 13 November 1975) is a Romanian lawyer, activist, and far-right politician. Șoșoacă rose to prominence as an anti-vaccine activist during the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania. She has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for S.O.S. Romania since her election in 2024.
Șoșoacă was elected to the Senate of Romania in the 2020 election as a member of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR). She was later excluded from the party's parliamentary caucus, and joined S.O.S. Romania in 2023. She served in the Senate until her election to the European Election in 2024. Șoșoacă was barred from running for President of Romania in the 2024 election by the Constitutional Court.