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

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

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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