sentences:  She then worked as a journalist and political comentator between 1990 and 1992 for newspapers "Azi", "Curierul Național", and before joining the Spokesperson's office of the Cabinet of President Ion Iliescu (1992-1996).In 1996, she became a member of the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PDSR).Between 2000 and 2004, Crețu was Presidential Advisor, Presidential Spokesperson and Head of the Public Communication Department during Ion Iliescu's second mandate as Romanian president.