| Emil Hurezeanu | |
| Birth Date: | 26 August 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Sibiu, Romania |
| Nationality: | Romanian, German |
| Education: | Master of Arts |
| Alma Mater: | Babeş-Bolyai University, University of Virginia, Boston University |
| Employer: | Realitatea-Caţavencu, Radio Free Europe |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Spouse: | Rucsandra Hurezeanu (b. Şipoş in Târgu Mureş, 1974) |
| Children: | 3 |
Emil Horaţiu Hurezeanu (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /eˈmil hureˈze̯anu/; born August 26, 1955, in Sibiu, Sibiu County, Romania) 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 President Klaus Iohannis.[1]
He graduated from the Law School of Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca (1975–1979). Then, he worked as jurist in Alba County (1980–1981) and Mediaș (1981–1982) and at Eminescu Bookshop in Sibiu (1981).[2] Between 1981 and 1982, he studied at Vienna and in October 1983, Hurezeanu obtained political asylum in West Germany.
For more than a decade, he worked for the Romanian department of Radio Free Europe (1983–1994), 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 (1995–2002). Having returned to Romania for good in 2002, he was a personal adviser to Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Năstase (March–September 2003). In Romania, he worked for Antena 1, Radio Europa FM, România Liberă, and Realitatea TV. Hurezeanu was director of the Realitatea-Caţavencu 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.
He is a distant relative of writer Ion Negoițescu (1921–1993).[6]
In 2004, Hurezeanu married Rucsandra (b. Şipoş in Târgu Mureş, 1974), a pharmacist by training. She studied the pharmaceutical marketing at Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris and is the daughter of Mioara Şipoş, one of the most important businesswomen in Mureș County and Transylvania.[7] 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.[8]