Gabriela Firea

Gabriela Firea

Firea in 2014
Mayor of Bucharest
Assumed office
23 June 2016
Preceded by Răzvan Sava (interim)
Personal details
Born (1972-07-13) 13 July 1972
Bacău, Romania
Nationality Romanian
Political party Social Democratic Party
Profession Journalist

Gabriela Firea (born Gabriela Vrânceanu, 13 July 1972) is a Romanian journalist and politician who currently serves as mayor of Bucharest.

Born in Bacău, she has worked in radio, newspapers and television,[1] including as a news presenter.[2] A member of the Social Democratic Party, she was elected to the Romanian Senate in 2012 for an Ilfov County seat. She sat on the Senate's culture committee.[3]

She married Răsvan Firea in 1993 and the couple had one son. One year after Răsvan Firea's death in 2010, she married Florentin Pandele,[1] the mayor of Voluntari.[4] They have two sons.[5]

At the June 2016 local election, Firea was elected the first female mayor of Bucharest.[6] She won 43% of the vote; her closest challengers, Nicușor Dan (Save Bucharest Union) and Cătălin Predoiu (National Liberal Party), won 30.5% and 11.2% respectively.[7]

Notes

  1. 1 2 (in Romanian) Anca Simionescu, "Gabriela Vrânceanu Firea: 'Pandele este singurul bărbat idem cu mine'", Evenimentul Zilei, February 5, 2012
  2. ↑ (in Romanian) "Gabriela Vrânceanu Firea,prezentatoare TV: 'Prefer să fiu invidiată decât compătimită'", Adevărul, November 16, 2011
  3. ↑ (in Romanian) 2012- profile at the Romanian Chamber of Deputies site
  4. ↑ (in Romanian) "Florentin Pandele, despre relaţia amoroasă cu Gabriela Vrânceanu Firea", Adevărul, September 6, 2010
  5. ↑ (in Romanian) "Senatoarea PSD Gabriela Firea a născut cel de-al treilea băieţel", Mediafax, May 5, 2015
  6. ↑ (in Romanian) Ana Maria Lazăr, "Gabriela Firea – prima femeie primar a Capitalei după doar 4 ani de carieră politică", Mediafax, June 8, 2016
  7. ↑ (in Romanian) Roxana Preda, "Rezultate finale alegeri locale 2016", Mediafax, June 10, 2016
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