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
Spouse(s) Florentin Pandele
Children Tudor, David, Zian

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 had a difficult childhood because the man she loved dumped her for being too poor.[4]

She married Răsvan Firea in 1993 and the couple had one son. One year after Răsvan's death in 2010, she married Florentin Pandele,[1] the mayor of Voluntari.[5] They have two sons.[6]

At the June 2016 local election, Firea was elected the first female mayor of Bucharest.[7] She won 43% from the total of only 33% that went to vote. Her closest challengers, Nicușor Dan (Save Bucharest Union) and Cătălin Predoiu (National Liberal Party), won 30.5% and 11.2% respectively.[8]

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. "GABRIELA VRANCEANU FIREA: Baiatul pe care-l iubeam m-a parasit pentru ca eram prea saraca – Marea Dragoste". Marea Dragoste (in Romanian). Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  5. (in Romanian) "Florentin Pandele, despre relaţia amoroasă cu Gabriela Vrânceanu Firea", Adevărul, September 6, 2010
  6. (in Romanian) "Senatoarea PSD Gabriela Firea a născut cel de-al treilea băieţel", Mediafax, May 5, 2015
  7. (in Romanian) Ana Maria Lazăr, "Gabriela Firea – prima femeie primar a Capitalei după doar 4 ani de carieră politică", Mediafax, June 8, 2016
  8. (in Romanian) Roxana Preda, "Rezultate finale alegeri locale 2016", Mediafax, June 10, 2016
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