Irina Loghin (born February 19, 1939) is a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

n singer and politician, known as the best-selling artist from her domain in Romania. Born in

Gura Vitioarei Gura Vitioarei is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bughea de Jos, Făgetu, Fundeni, Gura Vitioarei, and Poiana Copăceni. The commune is located in the north-central part of the county, in the sub-C ...

, Prahova County, she had a career as a folk music soloist. She made her radio debut in 1963, and in 1967, began a successful duo with . In the early 1980s, due to a wish expressed by

Elena Ceaușescu Elena Ceaușescu (; ; 7 January 1916 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician who was the wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania. She was also ...

, who was jealous of Loghin's popularity, the latter was forbidden from performing on stage, and was unable to do so until after the

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. She joined the

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in 1998, Adriana Stanca
"Irina Loghin, la 74 de ani"
''Gândul'', February 18, 2013 and in 2000, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for a

Dolj County Dolj County (; originally meant ''Dol(no)- Jiu'', "lower Jiu", as opposed to '' Gorj'' (''upper Jiu'')) is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Oltenia, with the capital city at Craiova. Demographics In 2011, the c ...

seat. In 2004, she was elected to the Senate for a Giurgiu County seat. She and her husband

Ion Cernea Ion Cernea (born 21 October 1933) is a retired bantamweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the so ...

have a son and a daughter. In 2015 the artist was chosen by

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to provide the Romanian voice of a witch in the animated movie '' The Black Cauldron''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Loghin, Irina Living people 1939 births People from Prahova County Romanian folk singers Romanian women singers Greater Romania Party politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Members of the Senate of Romania Recipients of the Order of Honour (Moldova)