Alina Zotea-Durnea

Alina Zotea-Durnea (born 8 December 1986) is a Moldovan economist, model and politician.

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

Zotea joined the Liberal Party (PL) in 2005, During the campaign, some online commentators questioned her fitness for office, citing her provocative modeling photographs. Her term began early the following month, after validation from the Constitutional Court.

In autumn 2017, Zotea married Vlad Durnea; she gave birth to a child a year later.