Gabriela Firea
| Gabriela Firea | |
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Firea in 2014
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| Mayor of Bucharest | |
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Assumed office 23 June 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Răzvan Sava (interim) |
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| Born | July 13, 1972 Bacău, Romania |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Profession | Journalist |
Gabriela Firea (born Gabriela Vrânceanu, July 13, 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, including as a news presenter. 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.
She married Răsvan Firea in 1993; the couple had one son prior to his death in 2010. The following year, she married Florentin Pandele, the mayor of Voluntari. They have two sons.
At the June 2016 local election, Firea was elected the first female mayor of Bucharest. 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.
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