Ghizela Vass

Born in Iași, Vass went through seven years of elementary school, later attending the Ștefan Gheorghiu Academy.

A seamstress by trade, she joined the textile workers’ union in 1930 and was part of International Red Aid Chișinău from 1931 to 1933.

She served in the Great National Assembly from 1952 to 1957, elected for the Focșani district, Regiunea Bârlad.

One daughter, Ecaterina, became a professor at the Politehnica University of Bucharest; she had a son, Bogdan Olteanu, the former president of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania.

The other daughter, Zoia, studied Law and left for the United States in 1980, while the son, Gheorghe, died in his youth.