Youth White Paper, Belgium; 2002: Participated in the "Inter-ministerial Committee responsible for European Youth Policy", Greece; 2004: Participated in the program "Romania in the United States of America" organised by the American Council for Young Political Leaders and Pluralism Foundation. Controversies On 15 September 2010 Anastase headed the meeting of the Chamber when the pension bill passed. As chairman of the meeting, when putting the bill to the vote, she counted the deputies, stating that the quorum was reached, although there were only 80 deputies present - and therefore that the bill passed. According to Ms. Anastase, more than 160 deputies voted, even 270. The National Liberal Party (PNL) and Social Democratic Party (PSD) groups had previously left the session and thus refrained from voting. On 6 October 2010 the Constitutional Court rejected the appeals filed by PNL and PSD and declared the law constitutional. President Traian Băsescu returned the law for a new debate to the Parliament, but for other reasons than those claimed by the opposition. On 3 July 2012, after the political majority in the parliament had changed when several members of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) ruling party migrated to other parties (especially to the Social Liberal Union, USL), Roberta Anastase was revoked from the position of President of the Chamber of Deputies and was replaced by Valeriu Zgonea (PSD). References External links President of the Chamber of Deputies European Parliament profile |- 1976 births Democratic Liberal Party (Romania) MEPs Democratic Liberal Party (Romania) politicians Women MEPs for Romania Living people Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) MEPs for Romania 2007 MEPs for Romania 2007–2009 Miss Universe 1996 contestants People from Ploiești Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Romanian beauty pageant winners 21st-century Romanian women politicians University of Bucharest alumni 21st-century Romanian politicians Beauty queen-politicians