Norica Nicolai

Norica Nicolai MEP
Norica Nicolai in 2016
Member of the European Parliament for Romania
In office 1 July 2009 – 1 July 2019
Senator
In office November 2000 – November 2008 Serving with four others
President	Ion Iliescu Traian Băsescu
Prime Minister	Adrian Năstase Eugen Bejinariu Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Constituency	No. 13 Cluj
Personal details
Born	Norica Clinci 27 January 1958 (1958-01-27) (age 66) Sinaia, Romania
Political party	Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚ-CD) National Liberal Party (PNL) Independent Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE)
Alma mater	University of Bucharest
Profession	Lawyer
Website	www.noricanicolai.ro

Norica Nicolai (born January 27, 1958) is a Romanian lawyer and politician. An independent who previously belonged to the National Liberal Party (PNL) and before that the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNŢ-CD), she was a member of the Romanian Senate for Cluj County from 2000 to 2008, and a Member of the European Parliament between 2009 and 2019. She was at the centre of a conflict between Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu and President Traian Băsescu in early 2008, with the latter rejecting, ultimately successfully, the former's nomination of Nicolai to be Justice Minister.

She is married and has one child.^[1]