Events from the year 2009 in Romania.

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Traian Băsescu Traian Băsescu (; born 4 November 1951) is a conservative Romanian politician who served as President of Romania from 2004 to 2014. Prior to his presidency, Băsescu served as Romanian Minister of Transport on multiple occasions between 1991 ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Emil Boc Emil Boc (; born 6 September 1966) is a Romanian politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from 22 December 2008 until 6 February 2012 and is the current Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, the largest city of Transylvania, where he was first elected in Ju ...

Events

* June 7 -

2009 European Parliament election in Romania The 2009 European Parliament election in Romania was the election of the delegation from Romania to the European Parliament in 2009. Candidates and elected MEPs Among those expected to take up seats are (listed in the order they appear on the b ...

* July 16 - Stadium

Cluj Arena Cluj Arena () is a multi-purpose stadium in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It serves as the home of FC Universitatea Cluj, Universitatea Cluj of the Liga II and was completed on 1 October 2011. It is also the home of the Untold Festival. The facility, owne ...

construction begins on the site of demolished Ion Moina Stadium. * November 24 - The

Avdhela Project The Avdhela Project ( rup, Proiect Avdhela; ro, Proiect Avdhela), also known as the Library of Aromanian Culture ( rup, Biblioteca di Culturâ Armâneascâ; ro, Biblioteca Culturii Aromâne), is a digital library and cultural initiative develop ...

, an Aromanian

digital library A digital library, also called an online library, an internet library, a digital repository, or a digital collection is an online database of digital objects that can include text, still images, audio, video, digital documents, or other digital me ...

and cultural initiative, is launched in the Romanian Peasant Museum in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

. * December 6 - 2009 Romanian presidential election * 2009 - Badly affected by the Late-2000s recession, the

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster globa ...

and other lenders agree to provide Romania a rescue package worth 20bn

Euro The euro ( symbol: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 out of the member states of the European Union (EU). This group of states is known as the eurozone or, officially, the euro area, and includes about 340 million citizens . ...

Deaths

January

* January 5 - Mircea Stănescu, 39, Romanian politician, MP (2004–2008), apparent suicide by gunshot. * January 9 - István Antal, 50, Romanian Olympic ice hockey player, cardiac arrest.

February

* February 8 –

Marian Cozma Marian Cozma (8 September 1982 – 8 February 2009) was a Romanians, Romanian Team handball, handball player. He was born in Tei, Bucharest and died in Veszprém, Hungary after being attacked and stabbed in a nightclub fight. During his caree ...

, 26, Romanian handball player, stabbed. * February 27 – Manea Mănescu, 92, 50th Prime Minister of Romania (1974–1979) (born 1916)

March

* March 19 - Ion Dolănescu, 65, Romanian singer and politician, heart attack. * March 31 -

Marga Barbu Margareta-Yvonne Barbu also known as Marga Barbu born ''Margareta-Yvonne Butuc'' (24 February 1929 – 31 March 2009) was a Romanian actress. She was born in 1929 in Ocna Șugatag, Maramureș County, and moved to Bucharest at age 14. In 1950 s ...

, 80, Romanian actress.

April

* April 28 -

Valeria Peter Predescu Valeria Peter Predescu (1947 – April 28, 2009) was a Romanian popular singer. She was born in Telciu, Bistrița-Năsăud County Bistrița-Năsăud () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Bistrița. N ...

, 62, Romanian singer, heart attack.

May

* May 9 -

Mendi Rodan Mendi Rodan (Hebrew: מנדי רודן) (born 17 April 1929; died 9 May 2009) was an Israeli conductor and educator. Biography Mendi Rodan (Rosenblum) was born in Iaşi, Romania, one of three children of Solomon and Miriam Rosenblum. Mendi began p ...

, 80, Romanian-born Israeli conductor and violinist, cancer.

July

* July 6 - Mihai Baicu, 33, Romanian footballer, heart attack.

August

* August 7 -

Tatiana Stepa Tatiana Stepa (April 21, 1963 – August 7, 2009) was a Romanian folk singer. Born in Lupeni, she attended the High School for Architecture in Bucharest and made her debut in 1982 with Cenaclul Flacăra at the Făgăraș stadium. Stepa died at ...

, 46, Romanian folk singer, cervical cancer. * August 11 -

Valeriu Lazarov Valeriu Lazarov or Valerio Lazarov (born December 20, 1935, Bârlad, Romania – died August 11, 2009, Tres Cantos, Spain) was a Romanian-born television producer and director of several tv channels from Romania, Spain and Italy. He defected to Sp ...

, 73, Romanian-born Spanish television producer. * August 15 - Florin Bogardo, 67, Romanian singer.

September

* September 15 - Nicu Constantin, 70, Romanian actor.

October

* October 3 -

Vasile Louis Puscas Vasile Louis Puscas ( ro, Puşcaş; September 13, 1915 – October 3, 2009) was an American prelate of the Romanian Catholic Church. Puscas was born in Aurora, Illinois and was ordained to the priesthood on May 14, 1942. He was appointed ap ...

, 94, American Bishop of St George's in Canton in the Romanian Catholic Church. * October 13 - Paul Barbă Neagră, 80, Romanian film director and essayist. * October 18 **

Ion Cojar Ion Cojar (January 9, 1931 - October 18, 2009) was a Romanian acting teacher, researcher and theatre director. He is the founder of a unique method that revolutionised the Romanian school of acting. Ion Cojar as acting teacher Ion Cojar changed ...

, 78, Romanian actor and film director, Parkinson's disease. ** Ovidiu Muşetescu, 54, Romanian politician, cancer. * October 18 -

Radu Timofte Alexandru-Radu Timofte (; 7 April 1949 – 19 October 2009) was a Romanian soldier, politician and spy chief. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he sat in the Romanian Senate from 1990 to 2001, representing Neamț County. From 2001 ...

, 60, Romanian intelligence officer, director of the

Serviciul Român de Informaţii The Romanian Intelligence Service ( ro, Serviciul Român de Informații, abbreviated SRI) is Romania's main domestic intelligence service. Its role is to gather information relevant to national security and hand it over to relevant institutions, ...

(2001–2006), leukemia. * October 25 - Thea Segall, 80, Romanian photographer who lived in

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

since 1958 until her death.

November

* November 10 -

Gheorghe Dinică Gheorghe Dinică (; 1 January 1934 – 10 November 2009) was a Romanian actor. Career Dinică showed an early interest in acting, being part of different amateur theater troupes since he was 17. In 1957, he entered The National Institute of Thea ...

, 75, Romanian actor, cardiac arrest. * November 26 -

Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic (31 July 1946 – 26 November 2009) was a Romanian foil fencer, world champion in 1975. She competed at five Olympics from 1964 to 1980, winning team bronze medals in 1968 and 1972.

, 60, Romanian Olympic fencer. * November 27 - Jacques Braunstein, 78, Romanian-born Venezuelan economist, publicist and jazz disc jockey, heart failure. (Spanish)

December

* December28 - Zoltán Horváth, 30, Romanian-born Hungarian basketball player, car accident.

References

External links

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