Emil Horaţiu Hurezeanu (; born August 26, 1955, in

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) is a Romanian journalist and writer. He has served as Romania's ambassador in Germany since 5 May 2015. Since 19 May 2021, he has been accredited as ambassador of Romania in Austria by incumbent

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Education

He graduated from the Law School of Babeş-Bolyai University in

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(1975–1979). Then, he worked as jurist in Alba County (1980–1981) and

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(1981–1982) and at Eminescu Bookshop in

(1981). Between 1981 and 1982, he studied at

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and in October 1983, Hurezeanu obtained political asylum in

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Journalistic activity

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

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(1983–1994), in

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. Also, after 1985, he studied

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at the

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and in 1990 he graduated from

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. He was the director of the Romanian department of

for a few months in 1994. Then, he worked as director of the Romanian section of the

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from

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

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(March–September 2003). In Romania, he worked for

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, Radio Europa FM, ''

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'', and

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. Hurezeanu was director of the Realitatea-Caţavencu 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.

Family

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

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(1921–1993). In 2004, Hurezeanu married Rucsandra (b. Şipoş in

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

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

Mureș County Mureș County (, ro, Județul Mures, hu, Maros megye) is a county ('' județ'') of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș. The county was established in 1968, after the administrative ...

and

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. They have two sons, Luca (b. 2005) and Toma (b. 2008). Also, Hurezeanu has an older child from a previous relationship, Joachim, who lives in France.

Works

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

References

External links

*https://openlibrary.org/a/OL365882A
Revista ''Cariere'': Emil Hurezeanu – Redescoperirea Arcadiei
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hurezeanu, Emil 1955 births People from Sibiu Romanian essayists Babeș-Bolyai University alumni Boston University alumni University of Virginia alumni Romanian textbook writers Romanian jurists Romanian journalists Romanian civil servants Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty people Romanian dissidents Romanian defectors Romanian expatriates in Germany Living people Ambassadors of Romania to Germany Ambassadors of Romania to Austria Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany