Emil Hurezeanu | |
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 Hurezeanu in 2025 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 23 December 2024 – 23 June 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Marcel Ciolacu Cătălin Predoiu (acting) |
| Preceded by | Luminița Odobescu |
| Succeeded by | Oana Țoiu |
| Ambassador of Romania to Austria | |
| In office 19 May 2021 – 2023 | |
| Ambassador of Romania to Germany | |
| In office 5 May 2015 – 19 May 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1955-08-26)August 26, 1955 (age 70) |
| Nationality | Romanian, German |
| Spouse | Rucsandra Hurezeanu |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Master of Arts |
| Alma mater | Babeș-Bolyai University University of Virginia Boston University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Emil Horațiu Hurezeanu (Romanian pronunciation:[eˈmilhureˈze̯anu]; born August 26, 1955) is a Romanian journalist, writer, politician and diplomat. He served as theRomanian Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2024 to 2025. He has previously served asRomania's ambassador in Germany and Austria.[1]
Born inSibiu, he graduated from the Law School ofBabeș-Bolyai University inCluj-Napoca (1975–1979). He then worked as jurist inAlba County (1980–1981), inMediaș (1981–1982), and at the Eminescu Bookshop in Sibiu (1981).[2] Between 1981 and 1982, he studied atVienna and in October 1983, he obtained political asylum inWest Germany.[citation needed]
For more than a decade, Hurezeanu worked for the Romanian department ofRadio Free Europe (1983–1994), inMunich. Also, after 1985, he studiedpolitical science at theUniversity of Virginia and in 1990 he graduated fromBoston University. He was the director of the Romanian department of Radio Free Europe for a few months in 1994. Then, he worked as director of the Romanian section of theDeutsche Welle fromCologne (1995–2002). Having returned to Romania for good in 2002, he was a personal adviser to Romanian Prime MinisterAdrian Năstase (March–September 2003). In Romania, he worked forAntena 1, Radio Europa FM,România Liberă, andRealitatea TV. Hurezeanu was director of theRealitatea-Cațavencu trust in Romania between February 1, 2009, and October 2010.[3]
In 2008, Emil Hurezeanu was among the 500 richest Romanians, with an estimated wealth of €6–7 million.[4][5]
Emil (or Emilian) Hurezeanu's mother, Paraschiva, was a teacher and his father, Ion, was an engineer. Emil Hurezeanu has a brother, Mihai Hurezeanu.[citation needed] He is a distant relative of writerIon Negoițescu (1921–1993).[citation needed]
In 2004, Hurezeanu married Rucsandra (born Șipoș inTârgu Mureș, 1974), a pharmacist by training. She studied thepharmaceutical marketing atEcole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris and is the daughter of Mioara Șipoș, one of the most important businesswomen inMureș County andTransylvania.[citation needed] They have two sons.
Also, Hurezeanu has an older child from a previous relationship, Joachim, who lives in France.[6]
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