[2] Between 1981 and 1982, he studied at Vienna and in October 1983, Hurezeanu obtained political asylum in West Germany.

[citation needed] For more than a decade, he worked for the Romanian department of Radio Free Europe (1983–1994), in Munich.

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.

[4][5] Emil (or Emilian) Hurezeanu's mother, Paraschiva, was a teacher and his father, Ion, was an engineer.