Mădălin Ştefan Voicu is a Romanian musician and politician of Romani ethnicity.
Career
Mădălin is the son of Ion Voicu, a well-known Romani-Romanian musician. Voicu graduated from the National University of Music, completed training as a conductor at various schools abroad, and was employed by orchestras in Craiova and Ploieşti.
Membership
Voicu is a member of the Social Democratic Party (Social Democratic Party), and has been a parliamentarian in the Chamber of Deputies since 1996. He is one of only two ethnic Romani politicians in the current parliament. The other is Nicolae Păun, who holds the seat specifically reserved for a member of the Romani minority.
In his youth, he was close friends with Nicu Ceauşescu, the son of Communist Romania"s leader Nicolae Ceauşescu, as well as with other young members of the nomenklatura.