Events from the year 2022 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 ...

Klaus Iohannis Klaus Werner Iohannis (; ; also spelled Johannis; born 13 June 1959) is a Romanian politician, physicist and former teacher who has been serving as the president of Romania since 2014. He became leader of the National Liberal Party (Romania), Na ...

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 ...

Nicolae Ciucă Nicolae Ionel Ciucă (; born 7 February 1967) is a Romanian politician and retired General officer, general of the Romanian Land Forces. Ideologically a Conservatism, conservative, he has been serving as Prime Minister of Romania since 25 Novemb ...

Deputy Prime Minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to that of a vice president, ...

Hunor Kelemen Hunor Kelemen (born 18 October 1967) is a Romanian politician and Hungarian language writer. The current president of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), he has been a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies since 2000, a ...

and

Sorin Grindeanu Sorin Mihai Grindeanu (; born 5 December 1973) is a Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania from January to June 2017 when he was removed by a motion of no confidence adopted by the Parliament. He served as ad interim Preside ...

President of the Chamber of Deputies President of the Chamber of Deputies may refer to: * List of presidents of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies * List of presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia * President of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) * President of the Chamber of Dep ...

Marcel Ciolacu Ion-Marcel Ciolacu (born 28 November 1967) is a Romanian politician who currently serves as the leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). A previously little known politician, Ciolacu came into national prominence when he was propped up by a f ...

President of the Senate President of the Senate is a title often given to the presiding officer of a senate. It corresponds to the speaker in some other assemblies. The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's succession for its top executive office: for e ...

Florin Cîțu Florin Vasile Cîțu (; born 1 April 1972) is a Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania between December 2020 and November 2021 (acting/ad interim between October and November 2021). Between September 2021 and April 2022, he ...

(until 29 June);

Alina Gorghiu Alina-Ștefania Gorghiu (; born September 16, 1978) is a Romanian lawyer and politician who served as president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) from December 2014 until December 2016. She was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for ...

(since 29 June) (acting) *President of the

High Court of Cassation and Justice The High Court of Cassation and Justice ( ro, Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție) is Romania's supreme court, and the court of last resort. It is the equivalent of France's Cour de Cassation and serves a similar function to other courts of ...

: Corina Corbu *President of the

Constitutional Court A constitutional court is a high court that deals primarily with constitutional law. Its main authority is to rule on whether laws that are challenged are in fact unconstitutional, i.e. whether they conflict with constitutionally established ...

Valer Dorneanu Valer Dorneanu (born 21 November 1944) is a Romanian politician and jurist. A prominent member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Dorneanu was the president of the Chamber of Deputies (the lower house of the Romanian Parliament) between Decemb ...

(until 11 June); (since 11 June) *

Ciucă Cabinet The Ciucă Cabinet () is the 132nd and current government of Romania led by former Romanian Land Forces army general Nicolae Ciucă (PNL; also current PNL president) since 25 November 2021 to the present day. The grand coalition forming the g ...

Ongoing events

COVID-19 pandemic in Romania The COVID-19 pandemic in Romania is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have reached Romania on 26 February 2020, when the f ...

** Moldovan–Romanian collaboration during the COVID-19 pandemic

Events

January

3 January Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (except ...

: **After the

Alliance for the Union of Romanians The Alliance for the Union of Romanians ( ro, Alianța pentru Unirea Românilor, AUR) is a right-wing populist and nationalist political party currently active in Romania and Moldova. It was founded on 19 September 2019. This was done with the ...

(AUR) criticized government plans for introduction of

sex education Sex education, also known as sexual education, sexuality education or sex ed, is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including emotional relations and responsibilities, human sexual anatomy, Human sexual activity, sexual acti ...

and the history of

the Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; a ...

in the school curriculum, PNL deputy Alexandru Muraru demanded for the party's outlawing, submitting penal complaints on the party's then-co-presidents,

George Simion George Nicolae Simion (born 21 September 1986 in Focșani, Romania) is a Romanian right-wing to far-right politician and civic activist. He is the president of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), a political party in Romania that g ...

and

Claudiu Târziu Claudiu Richard Târziu (born 20 February 1973 in Bacău, Bacău County, Romania) is a Romanian right-wing to far-right politician and journalist. Together with George Simion, he was the co-president of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians ...

. **Prime minister Nicolae Ciucă names Dragoș-Cristian Vlad to head the Authority for the Digitisation of Romania (). *

4 January Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army. 1601–1900 *1649 – Engli ...

: ** The Treaty between

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

and the

Kingdom of Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 mi ...

regarding the transfer of sentenced persons and cooperation in applying sentences ( ro, Tratatul între România și Regatul Thailandei privind transferarea persoanelor condamnate și cooperarea în executarea pedepselor), that was signed in

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and

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on 25 September 2019 in

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, is ratified. ** The Agreement for the Termination of Bilateral Investment Treaties between the Member States of the European Union is ratified. *

11 January Events Pre-1600 * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence. * 630 – Conquest of Mecca: The prophet Muhammad ...

–

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...

: The National Institute of Public Health (INSP) announces that all criteria for nationwide community transmission of the

Omicron variant Omicron (B.1.1.529) is a variant of SARS-CoV-2 first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa on 24 November 2021. It was first detected in Botswana and has spread to become the ...

were met. *

12 January Events Pre-1600 * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. *1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned ...

– The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) begins negotiations with the PNL, the party from which it split in 2014, for a potential merge between the two parties. * 13 January: **A police car hits two girls aged 11 and 13, respectively, who were crossing a street in

Sector 1 Sector 1 is an administrative unit of Bucharest located in the northern part of the city. It contains also the northwestern districts of Băneasa and Pipera. Sector 1 is thought to be the wealthiest sector in Bucharest. Like each of Bucharest sect ...

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 ...

. The 13-year-old died. **

: The National Committee for Emergency Situations (CNSU) adopts Decision no. 3/2022, which lets schools operate in-person—regardless of their vaccination rate and the locality's incidence rate—as long as the grade of occupation of hospital beds reserved for COVID-19 patients (in the school's

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

) stays below 75%. **A law that marks the National Day of Cancer Survivors ( ro, Ziua Națională a Supraviețuitorilor de Cancer) on the first Sunday of each June is promulgated by president Klaus Iohannis. **The law making the year 2022 the "

Smaranda Brăescu Smaranda Brăescu (21 May 1897 – 2 February 1948) was a Romanian parachuting and aviation pioneer, former multiple world record holder. Her achievements earned her the nickname "Queen of the Heights". In the late 1920s and early 1930s she achi ...

Year" ( ro, Anul Smaranda Brăescu) is promulgated by the

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 ...

. It was initiated by

. *

14 January Events Pre-1600 * 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. *1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 *1639 – The "Fundamental Orders", the first written const ...

– The president promulgates a law marking the National Reading Day ( ro, Ziua națională a lecturii) on 15 February, meant for publicly encouraging reading. *

20 January Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. * 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom. *1156 – ...

– General strike at

Societatea de Transport București '' Societatea de Transport București (STB; English: Bucharest Transit Corporation) is one of the main public transit operators in Bucharest, Romania, owned by the Municipality of Bucharest. From 1990 to 2018, the company had a different legal st ...

(STB) leads to

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crowding and traffic jam in

, while the STB fleet of buses, trolleybuses and trams remains unused. The strike continued despite being suspended by the Bucharest Court. *

22 January Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (''Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw V ...

–

: The total number of cases nationwide exceeds 2 million. *

26 January Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. *1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. *1564 – The Council of Trent ...

: **

: The vaccination campaign begins for the population aged 5–11. **The Romanian Supreme Council of National Defence (CSAT) met to discuss the security situation in the eastern flank of

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, amid Russian plans for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, that would begin a month later. *

27 January Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...

- President

receives French minister of the Armed Forces,

Florence Parly Florence Parly (born 8 May 1963) is a French politician who served as Minister of the Armed Forces under President Emmanuel Macron from 2017 to 2022. A former member of the Socialist Party (PS), she previously served as Secretary of State for t ...

, at

Cotroceni Palace Cotroceni Palace (Romanian: ''Palatul Cotroceni'') is the official residence of the President of Romania. It is located at ''Bulevardul Geniului, nr. 1'', in Bucharest, Romania. The palace also houses the National Cotroceni Museum. History The ...

. *

28 January Events Pre-1600 * 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession of ...

– was sworn in as Minister of Digitalisation for the

. He succeeded Florin Roman, who resigned over a month prior.

February

1 February Events Pre-1600 *1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. *1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Monas ...

: ** The

2022 Romanian census The 2022 Romanian census was a census in Romania that began on 1 February 2022. It was supposed to be done in 2021, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania in order to avoid census takers from getting infected when coming into ...

begins, after being initially postponed from 2021 due to the

. ** The Senate votes on the composition of its standing bureau and elects Tiberiu Horațiu Gorun as secretary general of the Senate. ** Octavian-Daniel Chelemen becomes head of the , replacing Maria Mareș, who had been its head since October 2020. ** Teodosie Gabriel Marinov becomes governor of the ( ro, Administrația Rezervației Biosferei Delta Dunării), replacing Atena-Adriana Groza. *

4 February Events Pre–1600 * 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrelling ...

: ** President Klaus Iohannis recalls several ambassadors and permanent representatives:

Ion Jinga Ion Jinga (born 1 September 1961, Câmpulung) is a Romanian diplomat working in the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1992. Between 9 April 2003 and 7 March 2008 he served as the Romanian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and between ...

(

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

), Răzvan-Victor Rusu (permanent representative at the Council of Europe), Adrian Cosmin Viverița (permanent representative to

United Nations Office at Geneva The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG, french: Office des Nations Unies à Genève) in Geneva, Switzerland, is one of the four major offices of the United Nations where numerous different UN agencies have a joint presence. The main UNOG ...

), Cristian-Leon Țurcanu (Ukraine), Daniel Ioniță (Moldova), Iulian Buga (Sweden), Sorin Vasile Moldovan (Turkmenistan), Florin Marius Tacu (Singapore), Adrian Măcelaru (

UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

and Bahrain) and Mihail Constantin Coman (Oman). ** Mayor of

Iași Iași ( , , ; also known by other alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the second largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, it has traditionally ...

Mihai Chirica is suspended for 60 days after the

National Anticorruption Directorate The National Anticorruption Directorate ( ro, Direcția Națională Anticorupție (DNA)), formerly National Anticorruption Prosecution Office ( ro, Parchetul Național Anticorupție), is the Romanian agency tasked with preventing, investigating ...

has started prosecuting him. Deputy mayor Daniel Juravle is granted mayor status. *

3 February Events Pre-1600 * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. *1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. *1488 – ...

–

: The CNSU decides to prolong the state of alert for 30 days, effective on 7 February. *

7 February Events Pre-1600 * 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. * 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. *1301 &ndash ...

–

: The state of alert is prolonged for 30 days. *

9 February Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Zeno (emperor), Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. *1003 – Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Greater ...

: ** The president turns the Consulate of Romania in Castellón into a Consulate General and moves its headquarters to

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

. ** The board of directors of the TVR approved relaunching

TVR Info TVR Info () is a news television channel that broadcasts 24/7 mainly news, utility information, and live traffic images from the major cities through the country. It also sometimes broadcasts documentaries and sport events. It was the second ...

and

TVR Cultural TVR Cultural () is the cultural channel of Romania's government-funded television network Televiziunea Română (TVR). It provided cultural news, documentaries about the arts, as well as various shows, musicals and theatrical pieces. It was clos ...

. *

10 February Events Pre-1600 *1258 – Mongol invasions and conquests, Mongol invasions: Siege of Baghdad (1258), Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end. *1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in ...

: ** The

National Bank of Romania The National Bank of Romania ( ro, Banca Națională a României, BNR) is the central bank of Romania and was established in April 1880. Its headquarters are located in the capital city of Bucharest. The National Bank of Romania is responsible ...

raises is

monetary policy Monetary policy is the policy adopted by the monetary authority of a nation to control either the interest rate payable for very short-term borrowing (borrowing by banks from each other to meet their short-term needs) or the money supply, often a ...

key interest rate from 2% to 2.5% per annum. ** The government replaces the prefects of

Botoșani Botoșani () is the capital city of Botoșani County, in the northern part of Western Moldavia, Moldavia, Romania. Today, it is best known as the birthplace of many celebrated Romanians, including Mihai Eminescu, Nicolae Iorga and Grigore Antipa. ...

(Sorin Cornilă replacing Nechifor Dan), Caraș-Severin (Ioan Dragomir replacing Cristian Gâfu), Teleorman (Haralambie Epure replacing Emilia Paraschivescu) and Vâlcea (Mihai Oprea replacing Sebastian Fârtat). *

11 February Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...

: ** The Iași Court ( ro, Tribunalul Iași) reverts Mihai Chirica's suspension from being mayor of

. *

21 February Events Pre-1600 * 452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine. *1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. * 1440 – The Prus ...

– The

Chamber of Deputies (Romania) ); – Committee for Industries and Services ( ro, Comisia pentru industrii și servicii); – Committee for Transport and Infrastructure ( ro, Comisia pentru transporturi și infrastructură); – Committee for Agriculture, Forestry, Food Indu ...

votes on a bill for terminating the ( ro, Secția pentru Investigarea Infracțiunilor din Justiție, SIIJ) with 250 votes in favour, 90 against and an abstention. *

28 February Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. *1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...

– The

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

votes on the bill that was approved by the Chamber of Deputies for dismantling the SIIJ with 86 votes in favour, 37 against and one abstention.

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and

AUR AUR, or aur, may refer to: * Acute urinary retention * African Union of Railways * Alliance for Romanian Unity * Alliance for the Union of Romanians * American University of Rome * Arch User Repository * Aur Atoll, Marshall Islands * Auriga const ...

proposed amendments that were rejected.

March

2 March Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his ''bucellarii'' are almost cut of ...

–

Christine Lambrecht Christine Lambrecht (born 19 June 1965) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as the Federal Minister of Defence in the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since December 2021. In the gov ...

, the German minister of defence, meets with

Vasile Dîncu Vasile Sebastian Dîncu (; born 25 November 1961) is a Romanian politician, sociologist, professor and writer who served as Deputy Prime Minister in the Cioloș Cabinet and was Minister of National Defence in the Ciucă Cabinet. Biography Vasi ...

, her Romanian counterpart, at the 57th Air Base "Mihail Kogălniceanu". *

3 March Events Pre-1600 * 473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Emperor Shōmu, Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japa ...

– President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and

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pay president Klaus Iohannis a visit at

. *

6 March Events Pre-1600 * 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor. * 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. * 845 ...

- President of Romania Klaus Iohannis, Romanian prime minister Nicolae Ciucă and the French minister of the armed forces,

, meet at the 57th Air Base "Mihail Kogălniceanu". *

7 March Events Pre-1600 * 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. *1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Coblen ...

- The Canadian minister of foreign affairs,

Mélanie Joly Mélanie Joly (born January 16, 1979) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada), Minister of Foreign Affairs since October 2021. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party, Joly repr ...

, meets with president of Romania Klaus Iohannis and Romanian foreign minister Bogdan Aurescu in Bucharest, after being invited by the latter. *

9 March Events Pre-1600 *141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. *1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. * 1226 – ...

: **The justices of the

unaninmously reject the objections of unconstitutionality of

and

PSD PSD may refer to: Educational bodies * Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, a Pre-K to 12th grade school for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students, located in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Philippine School Doha, a Filipino schoo ...

regarding the law for dismantling the SIIJ, thus declaring it constitutional. **

: The state of alert, initially decreed in May 2020 due to the pandemic, was lifted. *

11 March Events Pre-1600 * 222 – Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander. * 843 – Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the venerat ...

: **

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vice president

Kamala Harris Kamala Devi Harris ( ; born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th vice president of the United States. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well ...

meets with president Klaus Iohannis. **President Klaus Iohannis promulgates the law meant to dismantle the Section for Investigating Criminal Offences within the Judiciary. *

30 March Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Balkan Campaign: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro- Slavic hordes are decimated by the plague. *1282 – ...

–

Education in Romania Education in Romania is based on a free-tuition, egalitarian system. Access to free education is guaranteed by Article 32 in the Constitution of Romania. Education is regulated and enforced by the Ministry of National Education. Each step has its ...

- Education minister,

Sorin Cîmpeanu Mihai Cîmpeanu () is a Romanian politician who served as Minister of Education in Ciucă Cabinet. He had previously held the same position in Ponta IV and Cîțu cabinets, and, between 5 and 17 November 2015, acted as Prime Minister of Roman ...

, announces the change of the structure of pre-university year school years into 5 modules and 5 vacations, thus scrapping semesters.

April

5 April Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his ...

– The president promulgates a law initiated by

liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...

members of parliament declaring

Vasile Lucaciu Vasile Lucaciu (January 21, 1852 – November 29, 1922) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic priest and an advocate of equal rights of Romanians with the Hungarians in Transylvania. Biogeaphy He was born in Apa, Szatmár County, the son of Mihai Luc ...

a "Hero of the Romanian Nation" ( ro, Erou al Națiunii Române). *

10 April Events Pre-1600 * 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople. * 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles). *1407 ...

– Prime minister

is elected president of the National Liberal Party. *

11 April Events Pre-1600 * 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. *1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi. *1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferra ...

– The president promulgates a law marking the day of 11 April the "Day of financial literacy" ( ro, Ziua educației financiare). *

21 April Events Pre-1600 *753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date). *43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered s ...

– The first

expressway Expressway may refer to: * Controlled-access highway, the highest-grade type of highway with access ramps, lane markings, etc., for high-speed traffic. * Limited-access road, a lower grade of highway or arterial road. *Expressway, the fictional s ...

-type road opens in Romania, a 16 km long section of the

DEx12 expressway The DEx12 expressway ( ro, Drumul expres DEx12), also known as the Pitești–Craiova Expressway ( ro, Drumul expres Pitești–Craiova), is a partially built Controlled-access highway, expressway in the south-western part of Romania, previously ...

, between Slatina and

Balș Balș () is a town in Olt County, Oltenia, Romania. The town administers three villages: Corbeni, Româna, and Teiș. Geography The town is situated on the Wallachian Plain and lies on the banks of the river Olteț. It is located in the northwe ...

. *

29 April Events Pre-1600 *1091 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. * 1386 – Battle of the Vikhra River: The Principality of Smolensk is defeated by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and beco ...

– 2022 cyberattacks on Romania: At 04:05

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, a

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attack is launched against www.mapn.ro, the website of the

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( ro, Ministerul Apărării Naționale, MApN). As of 09:24

, the websites of the

Government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

( ro, Guvernul României) – gov.ro,

– mapn.ro,

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( ro, Poliția de Frontieră Română) – politiadefrontiera.ro and CFR Călători – cfrcalatori.ro had been taken down by

attacks, with the website of the Romanian Government being restored in the meantime. As of 10:20

, CFR Călători has issued alternative means of purchasing train tickets online. At 19:30 EEST, the website of the

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(PSD) – psd.ro had been also taken down. Behind the attack was believed to be a pro-

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hacking group.

May

25 May Events Pre-1600 *567 BC – Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. * 240 BC – First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 1085 – Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo ...

– The of

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is launched.

June

5 June Events Pre-1600 *1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. * 1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles of Salerno. *1288 ...

– The National Day of Cancer Survivors ( ro, Ziua Națională a Supraviețuitorilor de Cancer) is marked for the first time.

Victoria Palace The Victoria Palace () is a government building on the large Victory Square () in Bucharest, housing the Prime Minister of Romania and his cabinet. The Victory Palace was designed in 1937 to house the Foreign Ministry, and nearly complete in 19 ...

is lighten up for two hours, between 21:00

and 23:00

with a yellow water lily. *

11 June Events Pre-1600 * 173 – Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle ...

– Marian Enache was elected president of the

for a three-year term. *

21 June Events Pre-1600 * 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date). * 1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mo ...

– The president promulgates a law marking the "Day of the Ie" ( ro, Ziua Iei) on 24 June. *

22 June Events Pre-1600 *217 BC – Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. *168 BC – Battle of Pydna: Roman Republic, Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Luciu ...

–

is relaunched at 7:00 EEST. *

23 June 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...

– Adrian Chesnoiu resigns from his position of minister of agriculture and suspends himself from the

. *

26 June Events Pre-1600 * 4 – Augustus adopts Tiberius. * 221 – Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar. * 363 – Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat f ...

–

David Popovici David Popovici (; born 15 September 2004) is a Romanian competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle events. He is the current holder of the world record in the long course 100-metre freestyle and the junior world record in the long course ...

and

Robert Glință Robert Andrei Glință (; born 18 April 1997) is the Romanian record holder in the long course and short course 50 metre backstroke and 100 metre backstroke. He is a former junior world record holder for 100 metre backstroke (short course), wit ...

are welcomed at the

Henri Coandă International Airport Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport ( ro, Aeroportul Internațional Henri Coandă București) is Romania's busiest international airport, located in Otopeni Otopeni () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, some north of ...

by Eduard Novak, the minister of sport,

Camelia Potec Camelia Potec (; born 19 February 1982, in Brăila) is a female Romanian swimmer, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She won the Mare Nostrum ''Mare Nostrum'' (; Latin: "Our Sea") was a A ...

and

Mihai Covaliu Mihai Claudiu Covaliu (born 5 November 1977 in Brașov) is a Romanian retired sabre fencer, Olympic champion in 2000 and world champion in 2005, and coach of the Romanian men's sabre team. He is also ex-president of the Romanian Fencing Federat ...

, president of the

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. Eduard Novak handed Popovici a check worth

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200,000 from the

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. *

29 June Events Pre-1600 * 226 – Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei. * 1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi. * 1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway ...

–

resigns from being president of the senate.

replaces him as acting president.

July

1 July Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...

– The emergency ordinance compensating fuel providers with 25

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/litre for selling fuel costing 50 bani/litre less than the normal price between 1 July and 30 September enters force. *

8 July Events Pre-1600 *1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch. * 1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese ...

– becomes minister of agriculture. *

14 July Events Pre-1600 * 982 – King Otto II and his Frankish army are defeated by the Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy. *1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II. * 1420 ...

– The president promulgates a law that establishes the "National day of the sport with the oval ball" ( ro, Ziua națională a sportului cu balonul oval) on 4 May, that would be marked by the

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. *

20 July Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots. * 792 – Kardam of Bulgaria defeats ...

– President

decorates

with the

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in the grade of the Knight and his coach, Adrian Rădulescu, with the National Order of Merit in the grade of the Knight. *

21 July Events Pre-1600 * 356 BC – The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson. * 230 – Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope. After being exiled to Sardinia, he became the ...

– The president promulgates a law establishing the National Museum of the Anticommunist Revolution from December 1989 ( ro, Muzeul Național al Revoluției Anticomuniste din Decembrie 1989), that is set to be headquartered in

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, subordinated to the Ministry of Culture.

August

10 August Events Pre-1600 * 654 – Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I. * 955 – Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West. * 991 – Battle of Maldon: T ...

– Declic, an association, organizes a protest in Victory Square named "10 August – We won't forgive and we won't forget" ( ro, 10 august - Nu uităm și nu iertăm) to mark four years since a protest on 10 August 2018 and urges the investigation on the violence from that protest to be sped up. Prime minister Nicolae Ciucă makes remarks on the protest's fourth year anniversary, saying that the

Coalition A coalition is a group formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political or economical spaces. Formation According to ''A Gui ...

would never allow protests to degenerate to such violence and that the government would be providing all that is necessary for the case investigating the protests on 10 August 2018 to be concluded. *

22 August Events Pre-1600 * 392 – Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. * 851 – Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland. *1138 – Battle of the Standard between Scotland ...

–

Robert Negoiță Robert Sorin Negoiță (born 29 March 1972) is a Romanian politician and businessman. Placed on one of the top spots of ''Capital'' magazine's richest Romanians list, he is currently the mayor of Bucharest's Sector 3. Life and career Family ...

, mayor of Sector 3 and

, the minister of education, are amused by a "Puie Monta" message they see inside a preschool they had just inaugurated. *

28 August Events Pre-1600 * 475 – The Roman Empire, Roman general Orestes (father of Romulus Augustulus), Orestes forces western Roman Emperors, Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna. * 489 – Theodoric the Great, Theod ...

–

tells

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that the "Puie Monta" message inside the preschool was inappropriate and that nobody knows who made it.

September

26 September Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus. * 715 – Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne. * 1087 – William II is crow ...

- Romanian journalist Emilia Șercan reveals that education minister

plagiarised in a 2006 paper authored by him. *

29 September Events Pre-1600 *61 BC – Pompey, Pompey the Great celebrates his third Roman triumph, triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday. *1011 – Danes Siege of Canterbury, capture Cant ...

- Education minister

announces his resignation on Facebook.

October

3 October Events Pre-1600 *2457 BC – Gaecheonjeol, Hwanung (환웅) purportedly descended from heaven. South Korea's National Foundation Day. *52 BC – Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Cae ...

Ligia Deca Ligia Deca is a Romanian politician and expert in educational policies. On 3 October 2022, she was sworn in as Minister of Education in Ciucă Cabinet, after the resignation of Sorin Cîmpeanu. Biography Ligia Deca was a student at the Facul ...

takes her oath into office as the minister of education succeeding and replacing

November

15 November Events Pre-1600 * 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. *1315 – Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Morg ...

- The Bucharest Court of Appeal ( ro, Curtea de Apel București) extends the deadline for the

Brăila Bridge The Brăila Bridge ( ro, Podul peste Dunăre de la Brăila) is a road suspension bridge in Romania over the Danube river, between Brăila, a major city in eastern Romania, and the opposite bank of the river in Tulcea County, on the DN2S natio ...

by 193 days and forces the Romanian CNAIR ( ro, Compania Națională de Administrare a Infrastructurii Rutiere) to pay 28,808,369.4

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to Italian contractor

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for delays. It also needs to pay Webuild a sum worth 576,167.4 lei for the trial. * 28–

30 November Events Pre-1600 * 978 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. 1601–1900 * 1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the Br ...

foreign ministers meet in

December

5 December Events Pre-1600 *63 BC – Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations. * 633 – Fourth Council of Toledo opens, presided over by Isidore of Seville. * 1033 – The Jordan Rift Valley earthquake destroys multiple ...

- Gemma Webb is appointed head of the RetuRO Directorate (), a

recycling mechanism. *

8 December Events Pre-1600 * 395 – Later Yan is defeated by its former vassal Northern Wei at the Battle of Canhe Slope. *757 – The poet Du Fu returns to Chang'an as a member of Emperor Xuanzong's court, after having escaped the city during ...

- Over 1300 negative comments are written on the Facebook page of Austrian embassy in Romania, following the opposition of Austrian officials on the same day to greenlight Romania into entering the Schengen Area. *

9 December Events Pre-1600 * 536 – Gothic War: The Byzantine general Belisarius enters Rome unopposed; the Gothic garrison flees the capital. * 730 – Battle of Marj Ardabil: The Khazars annihilate an Umayyad army and kill its commander, al- ...

– The ambassador of Romania in Austria,

Emil Hurezeanu Emil Horaţiu Hurezeanu (; born August 26, 1955, in Sibiu, Sibiu County, Romania) is a Romanian journalist and writer. He has served as Romania's ambassador in Germany since 5 May 2015. Since 19 May 2021, he has been accredited as ambassador of ...

, was summoned by the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

for consultations, following the opposition of Romania's bid to enter the

Schengen Area The Schengen Area ( , ) is an area comprising 27 European countries that have officially abolished all passport and all other types of border control at their mutual borders. Being an element within the wider area of freedom, security and j ...

on December 8 from the Austrian minister of home affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs mentioned in a press statement that the decision to summon Hurezeanu was taken as an act of disproval of the conduct of Austrian diplomacy. *

12 December Events Pre-1600 * 627 – Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh. * 1388 – Maria of Enghien sells the lordship of Argos and Nauplia t ...

- The

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, pays an official visit in Romania. * 13 December - President

meets with European Union ambassadors in Romania, for an annual meeting with them, at the Athénée Palace Hilton hotel, starting at 11:00

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. Among the tackled topics are the extension of the European Union, the war in Ukraine, the problems faced by the Republic of Moldova and the Schengen Area situation of Romania. The ambassador of Austria in Romania, Adelheid Folie, is absent from the meeting. Instead, a deputy of the Austrian embassy in Romania, Georg Oberreiter, shows up at the talks. The Austrian chargé d'affaires, the aforementioned deputy appointed by her, tells the Romanian press that she didn't make it to the meeting due to being on a long vacation. Later that day, a press release of the Austrian embassy signed by Oberreiter mentions that Folie would be returning to work after Christmas, as she is undergoing a surgery planned long before the meeting with EU ambassadors. *

14 December Events Pre-1600 * 557 – Constantinople is severely damaged by 557 Constantinople earthquake, an earthquake, which cracks the dome of Hagia Sophia. * 835 – Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of Tang, Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dyn ...

: ** Ambassador of Turkey in Romania, Füsun Aramaz, pays Romanian minister of foreign affairs,

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, a visit, as her ambassador term comes to an end. ** The

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jointly approves the

's state budget for 2023. * 15 December - Subsection 1, Sibiu - Boița, of the Sibiu - Pitești section of the

A1 motorway A1, A-1, A01 or A.1. may refer to: Education * A1, the Basic Language Certificate of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages * Language A1, the former name for "Language A: literature", one of the IB Group 1 subjects * A1, a ...

is opened to the traffic on 15:00 EET. It is 13.17 kilometres long. *

17 December Events Pre-1600 *497 BC – The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome. * 546 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Byzantine garrison. * 920 – Romanos I Lekapen ...

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and

sign a green energy agreement at

, with the presence of

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. * 19–

20 December Events Pre-1600 *AD 69 – Antonius Primus enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor for Nero's former general Vespasian. *1192 – Richard I of England is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England af ...

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, goes on an official visit in

. *

President of Romania The president of Romania ( ro, Președintele României) is the head of state of Romania. Following a modification to the Constitution of Romania, Romanian Constitution in 2003, the president is directly elected by a two-round system and serves ...

welcomes

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, at the Instruction Battalion "Olt" 1 () of

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with military honours. *

28 December Events Pre-1600 * 418 – A papal conclave begins, resulting in the election of Pope Boniface I. * 457 – Majorian is acclaimed as Western Roman Empire, Western Roman emperor. * 484 – Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and beco ...

- The

assents 35 localities and places to local interest resort status ( ro, stațiune turistică de interes local). *

29 December Events Pre-1600 *1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of Henry II of England, King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Communion and the ...

- Authorities from the Romanian

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detain Internet personality and former kickboxer

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, his brother Tristan, and two other individuals on charges relating to

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and forming an organised crime group. * 30 December: ** The Bucharest Court () grants the DIICOT a 30 day preventive arrest period for the Tate brothers. **

: The National Institute of Statistics reveals, in a press statement, preliminary data on Romania's population on the 1st of December 2021: 19,053,815 inhabitants; with 51.5% females and 48.5% males. It is a

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from the previous census, the 2011 one.

Deaths

January

* 8 January –

Attila Kelemen Attila Béla Ladislau Kelemen (4 May 1948 – 8 January 2022) was an ethnic Hungarian Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament. He was a member of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ), part of the Europe ...

, Romanian politician (born

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

February

* 23 February – Ion Adrian Zare, 62, Romanian football player ( Bihor Oradea,

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) and manager.

March

* 28 March – Mircea Tomuș, 88, Romanian writer and literary historian. * 31 March –

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, 85, Romanian engineer, military general and politician,

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(1991–1994).

April

Ana Pascu 2013 Fencing World Championships

* 6 April – Ana Pascu, 77, Romanian fencer, Olympic bronze medallist (

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

). * 12 April – Traian Stănescu, 82, Romanian actor (''

Răscoala ''Răscoala'' is a 1965 Romanian drama film directed by Mircea Mureșan based on a novel by Liviu Rebreanu about the Romanian peasant uprising of 1907. Mureșan won the prize for Best First Work at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival. It was the fir ...

'', ''

Trandafirul galben ''The Yellow Rose'' ( ro, Trandafirul galben) is a 1983 Romanian action film directed by Doru Năstase. This is the second film in the ''Margelatu'' series, after '' Drumul oaselor'' (1980), followed by '' Misterele Bucureștilor'' (1983), '' Masc ...

'', ''

The Silver Mask ''The Silver Mask'' ( ro, Masca de argint) is a 1985 Romanian action historical film directed by Gheorghe Vitanidis. This is the fourth film in the ''Margelatu'' series, after '' Drumul oaselor'' (1980), ''Trandafirul galben'' (1982), '' Mister ...

'').

May

* 7 May –

Simion Mironaș Simion Mironaș (19 November 1965 – 7 May 2022) was a Romanian professional footballer who played as a defender. Career In the 8th round of the 1994–95 Divizia A season Simion played on 13 October 1994 for Gloria Bistrița against Rapid ...

, 56, Romanian footballer (

CSM Suceava CSM Suceava, full name Clubul Sportiv Municipal Suceava, was a sports club from Suceava, Romania. It is notable for its football team which played one season in the Divizia A, the highest Romanian league at that time. History CSM Suceava was fo ...

, Gloria Bistrița,

Olimpia Satu Mare Fotbal Club Olimpia MCMXXI Satu Mare, commonly known as Olimpia Satu Mare or simply as Olimpia, is a Romanian professional football club from Satu Mare, Satu Mare County, Romania, founded on 5 May 1921, re-founded in 2010 and 2018. The club play ...

). * 15 May – Șerban Valeca, 65, Romanian engineer and politician,

deputy Deputy or depute may refer to: * Steward (office) * Khalifa, an Arabic title that can signify "deputy" * Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries and regions, including: ** A member of a Chamber of Deputies, for example in Italy, Spai ...

(2000) and

senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

(2008–2020). * 18 May – Henry Mavrodin, 84, Romanian painter, designer and essayist. * 29 May –

Virgil Dridea Virgil Dridea (17 November 1940 – 29 May 2022), also known as Puiu Dridea, was a Romanian association football, football player and manager. Playing career Virgil "Puiu" Dridea was born on 17 November 1940 in Ploiești, Kingdom of Romania, R ...

, 81, Romanian football player ( Petrolul Ploiești) and manager (

Plopeni Plopeni () is a town in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 9,611. Climate Plopeni has a humid continental climate (''Cfb'' in the Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most wi ...

Dacia Unirea Brăila Dacia (, ; ) was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west. The Carpathian Mountains were located in the middle of Dacia. It thus ...

June

* 8 June –

Costică Dafinoiu Costică Dafinoiu (6 February 1954 – 8 June 2022) was a light-heavyweight boxer from Romania. He took up boxing in 1969, winning a bronze medal at the 1976 Olympics, a gold and a silver medals at the Romanian National Amateur Boxing Championsh ...

, 68, Romanian boxer, Olympic bronze medallist (

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

). * 17 June –

Valentin Uritescu Valentin Uritescu (; 4 June 1941 – 17 June 2022) was a Romanian film, television, and theatre actor. He is best known for his parts in '' The Conjugal Bed'' and The Last Assault''. In 2011, Uritescu was chosen by Sony Pictures Animation to d ...

, 81, Romanian actor ('' The Conjugal Bed'', ''

The Last Assault ''The Last Assault'' ( ro, Noi, cei din linia întâi; English: ''We, on the Front Lines'') is a 1986 Romanian drama film directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu. It is set during World War II, during the period when Romania joined the Allies against the ...

'', '' Sand Cliffs''). * 18 June – Constantin Eftimescu, 70, Romanian footballer (

Dinamo București A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Places * Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia * Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterinbu ...

Victoria București Victoria București was a Romanian football club, dissolved right after the Romanian Revolution of 1989. History The club was sponsored by the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs (the "Miliția", Police). In 1985 Victoria played for the first ...

Delta Tulcea Fotbal Club Delta Tulcea, commonly known as Delta Tulcea, was a professional football club from Tulcea, Romania, originally founded in 1973, then refounded in 2005, 2013, and 2021. The club was last time enrolled in the Liga IV, fourth tier of th ...

). * 23 June –

Leluț Vasilescu Aurel Leluț Vasilescu (22 December 1955 – 23 June 2022), known as Megastar, was a Romanian drummer. He was one of the founding members of the Romanian rock band Compact whose hits include "Fata Din Vis", "Cîntec Pentru Prieteni", "Cine E� ...

, 66, Romanian drummer.

July

* 1 July –

Peter Imre Peter Imre (27 February 1962 – 1 July 2022) was a Romanian businessman and food critic. Born in Zalău on 27 February 1962, he frequently wrote in the financial newspaper '' Ziarul Financiar'', and was the director of corporate affairs for Ph ...

, 60, Romanian businessman. * 2 July – Roland Stănescu, 32, Romanian footballer ( Petrolul Ploiești,

FC Argeș FC may refer to: Businesses, organisations, and schools * Fergusson College, a science and arts college in Pune, India * Finncomm Airlines (IATA code) * FranklinCovey company, NYSE stock symbol FC * Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force in Pakis ...

). * 6 July –

Mihăiță Nițulescu Mihăiță Nițulescu ( 1969 – 7 July 2022) was a Romanian professional boxer in the 1980s and 1990s, best known for his bouts against Francisc Vaștag and Rudel Obreja, among others, at the National Championship Finals that were held at the ...

, 53, Romanian boxer. * 31 July – Silvian Ciupercă, 73, Romanian politician, former mayor of

Țăndărei Țăndărei () is a town in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 12,000. The town is located on the Bărăgan Plain, on the left bank of the Ialomița River. It was declared a town in 1968. It is crossed by the national road DN ...

(1996-2000),

(2000–2004) and former president of the county council of Ialomița (2004-2015).

August

*27 August –

Iulian-Gabriel Bîrsan Iulian-Gabriel Bîrsan (29 October 1956 – 27 August 2022) was a Romanian engineer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures ...

, 65, Romanian engineer and politician. *30 August –

Gheorghe Berceanu Gheorghe Berceanu (28 December 1949 – 30 August 2022) was a Romanian light-flyweight Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the world title in 1969 and 1972, the European title in 1970, 1972, and 1973, and an Olympic gold medal in 1972 in Munich and a s ...

, 72, Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler.

September

*12 September –

Radu Ciuceanu Radu Ciuceanu (16 April 1928 – 12 September 2022) was a Romanian historian and politician. A member of the National Liberal Party and later the Greater Romania Party, he served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1990 to 1992 and again from 2000 t ...

, 94, Romanian historian and politician.

October

*14 October –

Mariana Nicolesco Mariana Nicolesco ( or ; 28 November 1948 – 14 October 2022) was a Romanian operatic soprano who had an international career after she studied in Rome on a scholarship. She was a regular performer at La Scala in Milan where she performed Baroq ...

, 73, Romanian operatic soprano.

December

* 19 December –

Mircea Dușa Mircea Dușa (1 April 1955 – 19 December 2022) was a Romanian economist and politician, who was the minister of the Interior from 6 August to 21 December 2012, and then Minister of National Defense from 21 December 2012 to 17 November 2015, ...

, 67, Romanian economist and politician, Minister of National Defense from 2012 to 2015.

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