Monica Maria Iacob Ridzi (born 30 June 1977 in Petroșani) is a Romanian politician.
She was the head of the youth wing of the Democratic Liberal Party,[1] and a representative in the Chamber of Deputies of Romania since 2008.
In February 2015, she received a 5-year prison sentence for abuse of office in relation to the 2009 Youth Day.
On 22 December 2008, she was appointed the head of the newly re-founded Ministry of Youth and Sport in the Boc Cabinet.
She resigned on 14 July 2009, after being investigated by a parliamentary commission regarding the possible embezzlement of money spent by the Ministry she was running on the Youth Day festivities.