Bio:
Dr. Silvia Adriana Ţicău became a Member of the European Parliament on 1 January 2007 with the
accession of Romania to the European Union.
She holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration (Open University Business School, UK, 1996- 2001) and a Postgraduate Degree in Security of E-Government Systems (Military Technical Academy, Bucharest, from 2002), as well as a Postgraduate Degree in Economic Benefits of Online Public Services (Paris Dauphine University, from 2004).
In 2001, she was Director-General for Information Technology and Information Society Development Strategy at the Ministry for Communications and Information Technology and, from 1999 to 2000, Director of Operations, SC Tc. Inf. SA.
From 2001 to 2004, she was State Secretary for Information Technology and then Minister of Communications and Information Technology in 2004, after which she became a Member of the Romanian Senate and, in 2006, an Observer in the European Parliament.
Dr. Ţicău is Vice-President of the Social Democratic Party (Galaţi county branch, from 2005), a Member of the Social Democratic Party National Executive (from 2004) and of the Social Democratic County Executive (Galaţi, from 2001).
She is Secretary of the Committee on Equal Opportunities, Romanian Senate (from 2004), and a Member of the Committee on Economic Affairs, Industry and Services, Romanian Senate (from 2004). She is also Member of the National Order of "Serviciul Credincios" ("Faithful Service") - Cavaler, 2002.