Age, Biography, and Wiki
George-Nicolae Simion was born on September 21, 1986. He is a well-known Romanian politician and civic activist, currently leading the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) . Simion has been involved in various professional endeavors, including the IT and fashion industries, and has also been involved in music, having compiled a hip-hop album in 2009 .
| Occupation | Politician |
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| Date of Birth | 21 September 1986 |
| Age | 38 Years |
| Birth Place | Focșani, Vrancea County, Socialist Republic of Romania |
| Horoscope | Virgo |
| Country | Romania |
Height, Weight & Measurements
There is no readily available information on George Simion's height, weight, or other body measurements.
Simion had a company founded in 2009, initially in the IT field. It turned into an online clothing store, and eventually into a physical one. In 2009, he also compiled a hip-hop album. In August 2024, Simion admitted to committing tax evasion when he sold branded clothing, ultras products, and firecrackers to football fans. Between 2012 and 2020, Simion worked as marketing director at Ideal Proiect Arhitecture & Design, a company of future party colleague, Dorin Marius Lulea.
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Dating & Relationship Status
Public details about George Simion's personal relationships or marital status are not widely available.
He is the second of two children born to Constantin Simion from Ialomița and his wife from Vrancea, the other being his elder sister Elena. At an early age, the family moved to the Romanian capital Bucharest, where his parents, both economists, had met when studying at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies. Romanian Development Bank.
Constantin suffered from alcoholism and was involved in numerous police confrontations. Simion was thus largely raised in the care of his mother. In 1995, at the age of nine, Simion attended the opening of Romania's first McDonald's restaurant, an event he later reflected upon as among the formative ones in his perceptions of Western capitalism's influence on post-Communist Romanian society.
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| Husband | Ilinca Munteanu |
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Net Worth and Salary
As of now, specific figures regarding George Simion's net worth or salary are not publicly disclosed. However, his political influence and activities suggest a significant income from his political career and possibly from his business ventures.
Simion also promised to bring at least one child from every Romanian locality to the city of Brussels to teach them about the workings of the EU and to donate three-quarters of his salary as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) to projects in Romania or Moldova. In the election on 26 May, Simion got 117,141 votes, equivalent to 1.3 per cent of the votes in the election, failing to acquire an European Parliament seat.
On 15 May 2025, Simion said: "We are a Eurorealist group, not Euroskeptic", adding that he embraced the European single market as a driver of wealth for Romanians. Among leading politicians in EU member states, he especially like Meloni, talked about the "Melonisation" of Europe. On 14 January 2025, he was elected the vice leader of the ECR party, with Mateusz Morawiecki as leader.
As of 2025, Simion claimed to live in a 52 square metre studio flat in Bucharest, purportingly donating 90% of his salary from parliamentary employment to civic causes, related to Romania or Romanians. It was reported in May 2025 that the apartment he lives in is actually 238 square metres and he does not pay rent. In his financial disclosure for the 2025 presidential election, Simion ranked among the candidates with the least personal assets.
Career, Business, and Investments
- Early Career: Simion started his career in the IT field, eventually transitioning into an online clothing store and later a physical one. He also worked as a marketing director at Ideal Proiect Arhitecture & Design .
- Politics: He is the founder and chairman of the AUR, a far-right political party. Simion has been active in advocating for Romanian interests and has been involved in several presidential elections, including the 2024 and 2025 elections .
- Business Ventures: Simion has been involved in various business ventures, including selling branded clothing and ultras products. However, he has admitted to tax evasion in these activities .
George-Nicolae Simion (born 21 September 1986) is a Romanian nationalist politician and civic activist. He is the founder and chairman of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), the second largest party in both houses of parliament since 2024. He was a candidate in the 2025 Romanian presidential election.
Simion completed his high school studies at the Gheorghe Lazăr National College, before studying business administration at the University of Bucharest and then graduating from Alexandru Ioan Cuza University with a master's degree in history. Following his studies, he began campaigning for the unification of Moldova and Romania, and has since set up notable associations and events for this purpose, such as Action 2012, the Alliance for the Centenary and the Centenary March. As a result of his agitation campaigns, he has been prohibited from entering Moldova on several occasions in the past, and he is currently barred from entering the country as a persona non grata.
He completed his secondary education at Gheorghe Lazăr National College in Bucharest, graduating in 2005. He then studied at the Faculty of Business and Administration at the University of Bucharest, where he obtained his bachelor's degree in 2008. In 2010, he completed a master's degree in history at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iași, located in the historical region of Moldavia, with "the crimes of communism" as his research topic. During his academic years, Simion actively participated in student organisations that promoted Romanian history and cultural heritage.
Simion began his political career on 12 January 2019, announcing his independent candidacy for the 2019 European Parliament election in Romania. In How I met them, published that same month, he reflected on his decision to enter politics, recalling the government's response to the 2015 Colectiv nightclub fire as particularly pivotal:
In February 2022, following controversial statements by Georgescu regarding Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and Ion Antonescu, Simion renounced Georgescu's comments and reversed his proposal for Georgescu to be honorary president of AUR. On 27 March 2022, the first congress of AUR was held at the Palace of the Parliament. Simion ran to be voted in as party chairman, his only opponent being the then AUR deputy in the Constanța County Dănuț Aelenei. Aelenei stated that he only nominated himself to show that AUR was a democratic party. Simion got 784 votes while Aelenei received 38, resulting in Simion becoming the party's sole chairman, having previously shared this position with Târziu. In the June 2024 European Parliament election in Romania, AUR contested the election as part of the AUR Alliance, a strategic electoral coalition formed with several smaller parties. The alliance secured 15 per cent of the vote, translating into six seats, among those elected was Cristian Terheș.
Social Network
George Simion is active on social media platforms, where he engages with his supporters and shares his political views. His presence on platforms like Facebook is notable, as he often shares messages and updates related to his political activities .
In 2019, Simion began to participate in politics, running as an independent candidate for the 2019 European Parliament election in Romania, in which he obtained 117,141 votes. After this, the AUR party was founded on 19 September 2019. The AUR garnered national and international attention after its unexpectedly high vote share in the 2020 Romanian parliamentary election.
In 2017, Simion criticised the Romanian state for not preparing enough events to celebrate the centenary of the Great Union as other countries like Poland had done. Therefore, he founded the Alliance for the Centenary and announced several events for 2018, including a march from Alba Iulia in Romania to Chișinău, the capital of Moldova.
On 19 September 2019, the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) was formally established, with Simion initially serving as one of the two co-presidents, alongside Claudiu Târziu. Later that year, on 1 December—Great Union Day, Romania's national holiday—Simion announced that AUR would contest both the 2020 local and parliamentary elections. In the local elections in September, the party won mayoral seats in three towns: Amara, Pufești, and Valea Lungă. Simion's national profile rose sharply following the December parliamentary elections, where AUR secured 9 per cent of the vote, making it the fourth-largest party in Parliament, despite being less than a year old at the time. The party's rapid rise was largely attributed to a social media campaign successful in galvanising support from key demographics. AUR especially drew a strong backing from the Romanian diaspora, particularly communities in Italy, Cyprus, France and Spain. Following the election, Simion faced criticism for having allowed two former military officers, Francisc Tobă and Nicolae Roman, to run and be elected for AUR, despite allegedly having participated in the repression of the Romanian Revolution of 1989.
Education
There is limited information available regarding George Simion's educational background. However, his professional and political activities suggest a strong foundation in marketing and political strategy.
His first public involvement in civic activism took place in 2004, when he held a banner reading "Heroes never die!" in Timișoara during the 15th commemoration of the Romanian Revolution, that as a part of the revolutions of 1989 ended 42 years of Communist rule in Romania, 24 of which under Nicolae Ceaușescu. Two years later, he led a protest in Bucharest in support of Moldovan students from the Gheorghe Asachi Romanian-French High School of Chișinău. In his youth, Simion and several peers painted graffiti reading "Bessarabia is Romania" at major traffic junctions across the country. Described by Adevărul in 2025 as his first notable protest, on 14 October 2008, Simion was invited to the Romanian Parliament by UDMR senator Péter Eckstein-Kovács. During this visit, he engaged in a verbal confrontation with senator Șerban Nicolae, telling him: "'You're a communist and a neo-communist. You're the defender of Iliescu and the Securitate [...] My uncle died in the Revolution, but your uncle is Iliescu, and you're Iliescu's lackey'"Simion gained further public attention in 2009 when on 3 March, the birthday of former president Ion Iliescu (1990–1996, 2000–2004), he lit candles in front of Iliescu's home in memory of the casualties of the Revolution and the June 1990 Mineriad. Simion referred to Illiescu as "the criminal of 1989" and was eventually held in custody of the police. In April 2019, Iliescu was charged with crimes against humanity for actions during those events, with the case unresolved as of 2025. On 17 April 2011, Simion founded Action 2012, a coalition of NGOs and civic associations advocating for the unification of Moldova and Romania. In 2012, he organised a protest in Moldova's second-largest city Bălți under the banner "Bălți feels Romanian". Action 2012 participated in the 2015–2016 protests in Moldova sparked by the disappearance of $1 billion from the Moldovan banks in 2014. In May 2015, the Moldovan Migration and Asylum Bureau ruled Simion undesirable in the Republic of Moldova and was consequently expelled, being classified by the Intelligence and Security Service as "a potential threat to the stability of the country".
On 14 January 2025, he was elected vice-president of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party. For the 2025 elections, Simion was a key supporter of Georgescu along with POT leader and former AUR deputy Anamaria Gavrilă, stating that he would not stand were Georgescu permitted to. On 1 March, Simion organised a protest with tens of thousands of participants in Bucharest's University Square, stating that its objectives were to "restore democracy and free elections" and demand the resignation of prime minister Ciolacu. He also doubted the integrity of the upcoming electoral processes.
