Emil Hurezeanu


Emil Horațiu Hurezeanu is a Romanian journalist, writer, politician and diplomat. He served as the Ministry of [Foreign Affairs |Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs] from 2024 to 2025. He has previously served as Romania's ambassador in Germany and Austria.

Education

Born in Sibiu, he graduated from the Law School of Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. He then worked as jurist in Alba County, in Mediaș, and at the Eminescu Bookshop in Sibiu. Between 1981 and 1982, he studied at Vienna and in October 1983, he obtained political asylum in West Germany.

Journalist career

For more than a decade, Hurezeanu worked for the Romanian department of Radio Free Europe, in Munich. Also, after 1985, he studied political science at the University of Virginia and in 1990 he graduated from Boston 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 the Deutsche Welle from Cologne. Having returned to Romania for good in 2002, he was a personal adviser to Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Năstase. In Romania, he worked for Antena 1, Radio Europa FM, România Liberă, and Realitatea TV. Hurezeanu was director of the Realitatea-Cațavencu 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 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.
In 2004, Hurezeanu married Rucsandra, a pharmacist by training. She studied the pharmaceutical marketing at Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris and is the daughter of Mioara Șipoș, one of the most important businesswomen in Mureș County and Transylvania. They have two sons.
Also, Hurezeanu has an older child from a previous relationship, Joachim, who lives in France.

Works

  • Lecția de anatomie
  • Între câine și lup
  • Cutia Neagră
  • Cetățile fortificate din Transilvania. Editorial Artec.
  • Pe trecerea timpului: Jurnal politic românesc, 1996–2015