Irina Loghin

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Irina Loghin

Irina Loghin (born February 19, 1939) is a Romanian singer and politician, known as the best-selling artist from her domain in Romania. [1]

Born in Gura Vitioarei, Prahova County, she had a career as a folk music soloist. [2] She made her radio debut in 1963, and in 1967, began a successful duo with Benone Sinulescu  [ ro ]. [3] In the early 1980s, due to a wish expressed by Elena Ceaușescu, who was jealous of Loghin's popularity, the latter was forbidden from performing on stage, and was unable to do so until after the Romanian Revolution. She joined the Greater Romania Party in 1998, [4] and in 2000, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for a Dolj County seat. [5] In 2004, she was elected to the Senate for a Giurgiu County seat. [6]

She and her husband Ion Cernea have a son and a daughter. [2] [7] [4]

In 2015 the artist was chosen by Walt Disney Pictures to provide the Romanian voice of a witch in the animated movie The Black Cauldron . [8]

Notes

  1. ↑ "From the music capitals of the world – Bucharest". Billboard. November 3, 1973. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Curriculum vitae". www.cdep.ro (in Romanian). Romanian Chamber of Deputies . Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  3. ↑ Hristodol, Felicia; Mândruţ, Stelian; Hristodol, Gheorghe (2000). Bibliografia Istorică a României Volume 9, 1994-1999 : Bibliografie Selectivă[Historical Bibliography of Romania Volume 9: 1994-1999: Selective Bibliography] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România. ISBN   978-9-73595-061-3.
  4. 1 2 (in Romanian) Adriana Stanca, "Irina Loghin, la 74 de ani", Gândul, February 18, 2013
  5. ↑ (in Romanian) 2000-2004 profile Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine at the Chamber of Deputies site
  6. ↑ (in Romanian) 2004-2008 profile at the Chamber of Deputies site
  7. ↑ "Iubirile Irinei Loghin. Adevărul din spatele unei povești fabuloase de viață". Gândul (in Romanian). January 27, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  8. ↑ "20 de ani de magie de la primul film Disney dublat în limba română". m.cinemagia.ro (in Romanian). April 3, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2021.

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