Irina Loghin

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.[3] 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. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015. 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 Archived 2015-05-05 at the Wayback Machine 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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