2016 in Romania

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See also:	Other events of 2016 Timeline of Romanian history

Incumbents

• President: Klaus Iohannis
• Prime Minister: Dacian Cioloș

Events

January

• 29 January – President Klaus Iohannis promulgates a law banning smoking in public areas, two days after the CCR declared it constitutional.^[1][2]

February

• 5 February – Five people are killed and 28 seriously injured after a bus and a tip lorry collide on the Western Belt of Ploiești.^[3]
• 10 February – Former commander of Râmnicu Sărat Penitentiary Alexandru Vișinescu is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for crimes against humanity,^[4] becoming the first communist torturer to be convicted in Romania.^[5]
• 16 February
  • The warmest day of February of the last 55 years, with temperatures 18°C higher than the normal in Bucharest.^[6]
  • Three babies die and several dozens from Prahova, Dolj and Bucharest are hospitalized with HUS-associated symptoms after being infected with a bacterium of unknown provenance.^[7]

March

• 14 March – The death toll of the Colectiv nightclub fire reaches 64, almost five months after the tragedy.^[8]

May

• 9 May – Minister of Health Patriciu Achimaș-Cadariu resigns due to mismanagement of the diluted disinfectants crisis.^[9]
• 12 May – US and NATO officials activate a land-based missile defense station at Deveselu, part of a larger and controversial European shield.^[10][11][12]
• 29 May – 20 people are injured after a footbridge breaks during an electoral event in Plopu, Prahova County.^[13]

June

• June 1 – About 10,000 employees in the education system protest in Bucharest, demanding the resignation of the Cioloș Cabinet, dissatisfied with the teacher pay scale proposed by the Government.^[14][15]
• June 5 - Local elections are held across Romania. The Social Democratic Party comes in first with 38.98% of mayor seats nationwide, including Bucharest, followed by the National Liberal Party with 31.50%.

July

• June 5 - Prime Minister Dacian Cioloş announces a cabinet shuffle as the four ministers (Education, Transport, Communications and Diaspora) are replaced. The new ministers took office on July 7.^[16]

September

• September 13 – French President François Hollande begins a one-day state visit to Romania, the first state visit by a French president since François Mitterrand came to Romania in 1991.^[17]
• September 24 – A magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes Vrancea County, with tremors being felt as far as Bucharest and the Republic of Moldova.^[18] This is the largest deep earthquake since 2009.^[19]

November

• 5 November – A 29-car pile-up on Sun Motorway results in four deaths and nearly 60 injuries.^[20][21]

December

• 2 December - A shooting left at least 3 people dead including the gunman and another 2 were injured. The shooting occurred in Palilula a village in Dolj County.^[22][23]

Sports

• 2 March – 2015–16 Cupa României: 1st leg semi-final
• 20 April – 2015–16 Cupa Romaniei: 2nd leg semi-final
• 8 May – CSM București wins the Women's EHF Champions League trophy, after beating Győri Audi ETO KC by a score of 29–26 (13–12, 22–22), after overtime and 7-meter throws, in the final held at the László Papp Sports Arena in Budapest.
• 14 May – 2016 Cupa României Final
• 10 June – UEFA Euro 2016 Group A: France v. Romania
• 15 June – UEFA Euro 2016 Group A: Romania v. Switzerland
• 19 June – UEFA Euro 2016 Group A: Romania v. Albania
• 5–21 August – 88 members of the Romanian national team will compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Arts and entertainment

• Lara Fabian returns to Romania for two new concerts, in Cluj-Napoca, on 20 April, and Bucharest, on 22 April.^[24]
• 22 April – Romania is expelled from the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 after its national broadcaster TVR failed to pay debts dating back to 2007.^[25][26][27] This is the first time in the 61-year history of the Eurovision Song Contest a country is expelled from the competition.^[28]
• 18–22 May – The seventh edition of International Poetry Festival takes place in Bucharest, having as guests more than 100 poets from more than 20 countries.
• 11 June – Dutch violinist André Rieu and Johann Strauss Orchestra will concert in Bucharest.
• 21 June – Queen and Adam Lambert will concert for the first time in Romania, in the Constitution Square of Bucharest.^[29]
• 4–7 August – The second edition of Untold Festival will take place in Cluj-Napoca.^[30]

Deaths

January

Elisabeta Polihroniade

• January 2 – George Alexandru, actor (b. 1957)
• January 7 – Cristian Moisescu, Mayor of Arad (1992–96) (b. 1947)
• January 10 – Teofil Codreanu, footballer (b. 1941)
• January 12 – Melania Ursu, actress (b. 1940)
• January 16 – Theodor Danetti, actor (b. 1926)
• January 17 – Ion Panțuru, bobsledder (b. 1934)
• January 18 – Silvia Kerim, journalist and children's books writer (b. 1932)
• January 22 – Constantin Mihail, athletics coach (b. 1945)
• January 23 – Elisabeta Polihroniade, chess player (b. 1935)
• January 26 – Aurora Dumitrescu, history teacher and political prisoner (b. 1932)
• January 27 – Elena Negreanu, actress and film director (b. 1918)
• January 31 – Miron Chichișan, Mayor of Zalău (1992–96) (b. 1945)

February

Mircea Costache II

• February 9 – Alexandru Vulpe, historian and archaeologist, member of Romanian Academy (b. 1931)
• February 10 – Stan Gheorghiu, football player and coach (b. 1949)
• February 16 – Mircea Costache II, handball player (b. 1940)
• February 17 – Gelu Barbu, ballerino and choreographer (b. 1932)
• February 18 – Rudolf Fischer, historian and linguist (b. 1923)
• February 21 – Pascal Bentoiu, composer and musicologist (b. 1927)
• February 28 – Gheorghe Blănaru, writer (b. 1933)

March

Iolanda Balaș

Solomon Marcus

• March 3 – Gheorghe Tokay, politician (b. 1939)
• March 8
  • Chiriac Bucur, writer and diplomat (b. 1932)
  • Sorin Toma, journalist and politician (b. 1914)
• March 11 – Iolanda Balaș, Olympic high jumper (b. 1936)
• March 17
  • Solomon Marcus, mathematician, member of Romanian Academy (b 1925)
  • Paula Sorescu-Lucian, theatre actress (b. 1942)
• March 18 – Șerban Iliescu, journalist and linguist (b. 1955)
• March 26 – Radu Mareș, writer (b. 1941)
• March 27 – Mihail Coculescu, endocrinologist, member of Romanian Academy (b. 1943)
• March 28 – Petru Mocanu, mathematician, member of Romanian Academy (b. 1931)
• March 30 – Aristotel Stamatoiu, director of Romanian Intelligence Service (1986–1990) (b. 1929)

April

Mircea Albulescu

• April 5 – Cornel Patrichi, ballerino, choreographer and actor (b. 1944)
• April 6 – Nicolae Munteanu, sports journalist (b. 1922 or 1923)
• April 7 – Fane Spoitoru, businessman (b. 1959)
• April 8 – Mircea Albulescu, actor (b. 1934)
• April 13 – Márton Balázs, mathematician (b. 1929)
• April 21 – Valeriu Cotea, oenologist, member of Romanian Academy (b. 1926)
• April 25
  • Dumitru Antonescu, footballer (b. 1945)
  • Neculai Rățoi, Mayor of Pașcani (b. 1939)
• April 29 – Gianu Bucurescu, director of Securitate (1985–1989) (b. 1934)

May

• May 13 – Doina Florica Ignat, politician, member of the Senate of Romania (b. 1938)
• May 14 – Neculai Alexandru Ursu, linguist, philologist and literary historian (b. 1926)
• May 17 – Alexandru Lăpușan, politician, Minister of Agriculture (b. 1955)
• May 20
  • Vasile Duță, politician, member of the Senate of Romania (b. 1955)
  • Bogdan Ulmu, theatre director and writer (b. 1951)
• May 22 – Dan Condrea, businessman (b. 1975)
• May 25 – József Tempfli, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1931)
• May 26 – Ted Dumitru, football manager (b. 1939)
• May 30 – Andrei Ciontu, engineer (b. 1933)

June

Victor Stănculescu

• June 1 – Grigore Obreja, sprint canoeist (b. 1967)
• June 5 – Lucian Gheorghiu, journalist (b. 1955)
• June 6 – Mihai Dragolea, writer (b. 1955)
• June 8
  • Alexandru Bizim, athletics coach (b. 1934)
  • Gheorghe Buluță, philologist (b. 1947)
• June 10 – Nicolae Păsărică, oină player (b. 1955)
• June 11 – Sigismund Gram, footballer (b. 1933)
• June 13
  • Viorel Mihai Ciobanu, jurist and university professor (b. 1950)
  • Ioan-Liviu Negruț, politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania (b. 1937)
• June 14 – Ilie Călian, journalist (b. 1942)
• June 18
  • Mircea Chiorean, physician, co-founder of SMURD (b. 1933)
  • Nae Cosmescu, theatre and television director (b. 1940)
• June 19
  • Mihnea Berindei, historian (b. 1948)
  • Nicolae Bocșan, historian (b. 1947)
  • Victor Stănculescu, general officer and politician (b. 1928)

July

Elie Wiesel

Radu Beligan (center)

• July 1
  • Ion Ianoși, writer and essayist (b. 1928)
  • Gheorghe Drobotă, rugby union player (b. 1934)
• July 2 – Elie Wiesel, writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor (b. 1928)
• July 8 – Dan Dermengiu, physician (b. 1957)
• July 11 – Dale Băsescu, actor (b. 1956)
• July 18 – Medi Wechsler Dinu, painter (b. 1908)
• July 20
  • Radu Beligan, actor (b. 1918)
  • Nicolae Duță, rugby union player (b. 1943 or 1944)
• July 21 – Alexandru Jidveianu, singer (b. 1968)
• July 28 – Constantin Busuioceanu, director, editor and lecturer (b. 1924)

August

Queen Anne of Romania

Marin Moraru

• August 1 – Queen Anne of Romania (b. 1923)
• August 3 – Paul Gherasim, painter (b. 1925)
• August 4 – Alexandru Mészáros, footballer (b. 1933)
• August 5 – Ionel Lupu, dendrologist (b. 1934)
• August 6 – Iosif Viehmann, speleologist (b. 1925)
• August 7 – Nicolae Mărășescu, athletics coach and politician (b. 1937)
• August 12 – Dénes Sándor, professor (b. 1936)
• August 19 – Adrian Enescu, musician and composer (b. 1948)
• August 21 – Marin Moraru, actor (b. 1937)

September

Ioan Gyuri Pascu

Sebastian Papaiani

• September 1 – Victoria Darvai, folk singer (b. 1926)
• September 25 – Niculae Mircovici, officer and politician (b. 1950)
• September 26 – Ioan Gyuri Pascu, musician and actor (b. 1961)
• September 27
  • Sebastian Papaiani, actor (b. 1936)
  • Aurelian Preda, folk singer (b. 1970)

October

• October 4 – Ion Ochinciuc, writer and playwright (b. 1927)
• October 9 – Marin Petrache Pechea, jazz singer and saxophonist (b. 1944)
• October 19 – Radu Câmpeanu, politician (b. 1922)
• October 20 – Valeriu Moisescu, theatre director and university professor (b. 1932)
• October 21
  • Vasile Andru, writer, theoretician and essayist (b. 1942)
  • Constantin Frățilă, footballer (b. 1942)
• October 25
  • Margit Bara, actress (b. 1928)
  • Dumitru Boabeș, politician (b. 1951)
• October 27 – Nicolae Coman, composer, teacher, poet, translator and musicologist (b. 1936)
• October 30 – Iustinian Chira, bishop (b. 1921)

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