Magda Popeanu

Magda (Bîrsan) Popeanu (born May 20, 1956) is a Canadian politician.

Magda Popeanu
Montreal City Councillor for Côte-des-Neiges
Assumed office
2013
Preceded byHelen Fotopulos
Personal details
Born (1956-05-20) May 20, 1956
Târgoviște, Romania
Political partyProjet Montréal
Alma materGheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași, 1980

She was born in Târgoviște, Romania, and graduated from "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" High School in Iași. After getting a BA in Electronics Engineering from Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași in 1980 she worked in computer sciences. Popeanu was a 1989 Romanian revolutionary.[1][2] She immigrated to Canada in 1992. She taught computer engineering for Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys for many years.

Popeanu was a candidate for Projet Montréal in the 2005 and 2009 elections in Côte-des-Neiges district where she obtained 16% and 31.6% of the vote, respectively. Popeanu has served as the president of Projet Montréal since 2006. Popeanu currently serves as a member of Montreal City Council, representing the district of Côte-des-Neiges in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. Popeanu has served on Montreal city council since 2013.[3]

References
  1. "Secretariatul de Stat pentru Problemele Revoluționarilor din Decembrie 1989" (in Romanian). Sspr.gov.ro. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  2. "Sinteza ședintei din data de 19.09.2007" (PDF). www.cdep.ro (in Romanian). Parliament of Romania. 2007-09-19. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  3. "Magda Popeanu | Projet Montréal". Projetmontreal.org. Archived from the original on 2015-02-27. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
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