Emil Horațiu Hurezeanu (; born August 26, 1955) is a Romanian journalist, writer, politician and diplomat. He is the current Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs. He has previously served as

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

's ambassador in Germany and Austria.

Education

Born in

Sibiu Sibiu ( , , , Hungarian: ''Nagyszeben'', , Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'' or ''Hermestatt'') is a city in central Romania, situated in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles th ...

, he graduated from the Law School of

Babeș-Bolyai University The Babeș-Bolyai University ( , , commonly known as UBB) is a public research university located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Established in 1581 as Academia Claudiopolitana, it underwent several reorganizations over the centuries, eventually taking ...

Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

(1975–1979). He then worked as jurist in

Alba County Alba County () is a county (județ) of Romania located in the historic region of Transylvania. Its capital is Alba Iulia, a city with a population of 63,536. Name "Alba", meaning "white" in Latin and Romanian, is derived from the name of the ...

(1980–1981), in

Mediaș Mediaș (; , , Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Medwesch''/''Medveš''/''Medwisch'', ) is the second largest municipiu, town and municipality in Sibiu County, Transylvania, central Romania. Geography Mediaș is located in ...

(1981–1982), and at the Eminescu Bookshop in Sibiu (1981). Between 1981 and 1982, he studied at

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

and in October 1983, he obtained political asylum in

West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...

Journalist career

For more than a decade, Hurezeanu worked for the Romanian department of

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(1983–1994), in

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. Also, after 1985, he studied

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

at the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson and contains his The Lawn, Academical Village, a World H ...

and in 1990 he graduated from

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...

. 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 the

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from

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

(1995–2002). Having returned to Romania for good in 2002, he was a personal adviser to Romanian Prime Minister

Adrian Năstase Adrian Năstase (; born 22 June 1950) is a Romanian jurist, academic/professor, blogger, and former politician who served as the prime minister of Romania from December 2000 to December 2004. He competed in the 2004 Romanian presidential elect ...

(March–September 2003). In Romania, he worked for Antena 1, Radio Europa FM, ''

România Liberă Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea t ...

'', and

Realitatea TV Realitatea TV (, meaning "The Reality TV") is the former name of the Romanian news television channel Realitatea Plus. The channel began broadcasting in 2001 as a general-profile television and became the first Romanian news television in 2002. ...

. Hurezeanu was director of the

Realitatea-Cațavencu Realitatea–Caţavencu was Romanian’s premium media organisation, spanning television networks, radio stations, publishing, and new media. Its portfolio of over 20 titles encompassed amongst others, Realitatea TV, Cotidianul, Academia Catavenc ...

trust in Romania between February 1, 2009, and October 2010. In 2008, Emil Hurezeanu was among the 500 richest Romanians, with an estimated wealth of €6–7 million.

Personal life

Emil (or Emilian) Hurezeanu's mother, Paraschiva, was a teacher and his father, Ion, was an engineer. Emil Hurezeanu has a brother, Mihai Hurezeanu. He is a distant relative of writer

Ion Negoițescu Ion Negoiţescu (; also known as Nego; 10 August 1921 – 6 February 1993) was a Romanian literary historian, critic, poet, novelist and memoirist, one of the leading members of the Sibiu Literary Circle. A rebellious and eccentric figure, Negoi ...

(1921–1993). In 2004, Hurezeanu married Rucsandra (born Șipoș in

Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș (, ; ; German language, German: ''Neumarkt am Mieresch'') is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the list of cities and towns in Romania, 16th-largest city in Romania, with 116,033 ...

, 1974), a pharmacist by training. She studied the

pharmaceutical marketing Pharmaceutical marketing is a branch of marketing science and practice focused on the communication, differential Positioning (marketing), positioning and commercialization of pharmaceutical products, like specialist drugs, Biotechnology in pharma ...

at Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris and is the daughter of Mioara Șipoș, one of the most important businesswomen in

Mureș County Mureș County (, , ) is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in the Historical regions of Romania, historical region of Transylvania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș. The county was established in 1968, after the administrative reor ...

and

Transylvania Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...

. They have two sons. Also, Hurezeanu has an older child from a previous relationship, Joachim, who lives in France.

Works

* Lecția de anatomie (1979) * Între câine și lup (1996) * Cutia Neagră (1997) * Cetățile fortificate din Transilvania (2009). Editorial Artec. * Pe trecerea timpului: Jurnal politic românesc, 1996–2015 (2015)

References

External links

*
Revista ''Cariere'': Emil Hurezeanu – Redescoperirea Arcadiei
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