Lamandier was born in France; her father's family is Jewish, from Piatra Neamț in Romania.
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After secondary studies at Petru Rareş High School in Piatra Neamţ, he enrolled at the Faculty of Geology and Geophysics of the University of Bucharest, graduating in 1986.