12 Facts About Gabriela Firea

Gabriela Firea was born on Gabriela Vranceanu, 13 July 1972 and is a Romanian journalist and politician who served as mayor of Bucharest, the capital of Romania, between 2016 and 2020.

At the June 2016 local election, Firea was elected the first female mayor of Bucharest.

Gabriela Firea was born on 13 July 1972 in Bacau, Bacau County, being the second of the four children of the Vranceanu family.

Gabriela Firea has two sisters, Nela and Angelica, and a brother, Ionel.

Gabriela Firea has worked in radio, newspapers, and television, including as a news presenter.

Gabriela Firea married Rasvan Firea in 1993 and the couple had one son.

Gabriela Firea is the general manager of the newspaper Financiarul and of the magazine Felicia.

Since November 2011, when the Intact Trust reorganized its activity and the business magazines stopped appearing in printed format, Gabriela Firea ended her activity in the publishing area.

Gabriela Firea has been a member of the Writers Union since 2002.

Gabriela Firea received the debut award from the Bucharest Writers Association in 2001, for the volume of poems "Another World".

Gabriela Firea initially began her political career in 1999 but, after a short time, gave it up and returned to the press.

Gabriela Firea was a member of the Senate Committee on Culture and Media, vice-chairman of the Joint Committee of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate for the relationship with UNESCO and spokesperson for the group of PSD senators.