Events from the year 2010 in Romania. RomaniaBorderHistoryAnnimation 1859-2010

Incumbents

* President: Traian Băsescu * Prime Minister: Emil Boc

Events

* February 19 - Romania is set to introduce a tax on

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in March. * May 19 - At least 40,000 Romanians rally in Bucharest to protest planned wage cuts the government says are needed to shore up the ailing economy. * June 25 - The Constitutional Court of Romania rules that government budget plans are "unconstitutional"; this decision cannot be appealed. * June 29 - At least 21 people die and hundreds are evacuated after major floods in the northeast of Romania. * August 31 - Fossils of Balaur genus dinosaur are unearthed in Romania. * September 2 -

Sebastian Vlădescu Sebastian Teodor Gheorghe Vlădescu (born 3 April 1958) is a Romanian economist and politician. A former member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), he was the Minister of Public Finance of Romania in the first Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu cabine ...

is replaced as Romanian Minister of Finance by Gheorghe Ialomitianu as part of a Cabinet reshuffle.

Deaths

January

* January 5 - Toni Tecuceanu, 37, Romanian comedy actor, bacterial infection.

February

* February 25 – Gheorghe Gaston Marin, 91, Romanian politician.

March

* March 9 - Gheorghe Constantin, 77, Romanian footballer and manager. * March 17 - Ștefan Gheorghiu, 83, Romanian violinist.

April

* April 4 -

Lajos Bálint Lajos Bálint (6 July 1929 – 4 April 2010) was a Roman Catholic archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Eur ...

, 80, Hungarian-born Romanian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Alba Iulia (1990–1993). * April 17 -

Alexandru Neagu Alexandru "Sandu" Neagu (19 July 1948 – 17 April 2010) was a Romanian footballer who played as a striker. Club career Alexandru Neagu, nicknamed '' Cappellini from Giulești'' by journalist Ioan Chirilă was born on 19 July 1948 in the Rah ...

, 61, Romanian footballer (

FC Rapid București Fotbal Club Rapid 1923, commonly known as Rapid București () or simply as Rapid, is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest, which competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1923 by employees of the Grivița workshops as ''Asoc ...

). * April 29 -

Avigdor Arikha Avigdor Arikha ( he, אביגדור אריכא; April 28, 1929 – April 29, 2010) was a Romanian-born French–Israeli artist, printmaker and art historian. Biography Victor Długacz (later Avigdor Arikha) was born to German-speaking Jewish pare ...

, 81, Romanian-born Israeli painter, complications of cancer.

May

* May 26 -

Jean Constantin Jean Constantin (; born Constantin Cornel Jean; 21 August 1927 – 26 May 2010) was a well-known Romanian comedian of Greek ethnicity. Constantin was born in Techirghiol, and died in Constanța. Filmography *' (2010) .... Agârbiceanu *''Vin ...

, 82, Romanian actor, natural causes.

July

* July 6 -

Simion Stanciu Simion Stanciu (23 December 1949 - 6 July 2010), also known by his stage-name Syrinx, was a Romanian Pan flute player and composer, who lived and worked in Switzerland. Simion Stanciu was born in Bucharest, Romania, into a musical family. His fa ...

, 60, Romanian pan flautist, after long illness. * July 14 -

Mădălina Manole Magdalena-Anca Mircea (14 July 1967 – 14 July 2010), better known by her stage name Mădălina Manole, was a Romanian pop recording artist. Early life Magdalena-Anca Manole was born in a mountain region in the town of Vălenii de Munte of Pra ...

, 43, Romanian pop singer, suicide. * July 29 -

Nicolae Popescu Nicolae Popescu (; 22 September 1937 – 29 July 2010) was a Romanian mathematician and professor at the University of Bucharest. He also held a research position at the Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, and was elected correspo ...

, 72, Romanian mathematician.

August

* August 21 -

Gheorghe Apostol Gheorghe Apostol (16 May 1913 – 21 August 2010) was a Romanian politician, deputy Prime Minister of Romania and a former leader of the Communist Party (PCR), noted for his rivalry with Nicolae Ceaușescu. Early life Apostol was born near T ...

, 97, Romanian politician, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party (1954–1955). * August 22 - Gheorghe Fiat, 81, Romanian Olympic bronze medal-winning (

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

) boxer.

November

* November 1 -

Mihai Chițac Mihai Chițac (November 4, 1928 – November 1, 2010) was a Romanian general and Interior Minister from 1989 to 1990 during the waning days of the Communist era. In 2008, Chițac and another general, Victor Stănculescu, were convicted of aggravat ...

, 81, Romanian general,

Minister of Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and iden ...

(1989–1990), after long illness. * November 5 - Adrian Păunescu, 67, Romanian author, poet and politician. * November 16 - Ilie Savu, 90, Romanian footballer and coach,

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. * November 20 - Roxana Briban, 39, Romanian soprano, apparent suicide.

December

* December 10 -

Nicolas Astrinidis Nicolas Astrinidis (Greek: Νίκος Αστρινίδης; 6 May 1921, in Cetatea Albă– 10 December 2010, in Thessaloniki) was a Romanian-born Greek composer, pianist, conductor, and educator. After receiving diplomas in piano performance and ...

, 89, Romanian-born Greek composer, pianist, conductor, and educator.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2010 In Romania Years of the 21st century in Romania Romania 2010s in Romania Romania