Daciana Octavia S�rbu is a Romanian politician, lawyer, and Member of the European Parliament. Affiliated with the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists, she became a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Arge? County following the 2004 elections, and became an MEP on 1 January 2007, with the accession of Romania to the European Union. She is the daughter of Ilie S�rbu, a PSD member who served as Minister of Agriculture in the Adrian N?stase cabinet and held the same position in the Emil Boc cabinet. Born in Arad, S�rbu graduated from Law School at the West University of Timi?oara, where she was awarded a Master's Degree in Commercial law. She also graduated from the National College of Defense in 2002, and later opened a law practice. In 1996, S�rbu joined the PSD, and in 2001 became an Adviser for the Controlling Body of the Romanian Premiership in the N?stase cabinet. She withdrew from this office in 2003, and became a State Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Research, later serving as Head of the National Authority for the Youth. 

January 15th, 1977 in Arad (Age 47)