2016 in Romania

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The following lists events in the year 2016 in Romania.

Incumbents

Events

January

  • 29 January – President Klaus Iohannis promulgates a law banning smoking in public areas, two days after the CCR declared it constitutional.[2][3]

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.[4]
  • 10 February – Former commander of Râmnicu Sărat Penitentiary Alexandru Vișinescu is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for crimes against humanity,[5] becoming the first communist torturer to be convicted in Romania.[6]
  • 16 February
    • The warmest day of February of the last 55 years, with temperatures 18 °C higher than the normal in Bucharest.[7]
    • 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.[8]

March

May

June

  • 1 June – 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.[15][16]
  • 5 June – 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

  • 5 June – 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 7 July.[17]

September

November

  • 5 November – A 29-car pile-up on Sun Motorway results in four deaths and nearly 60 injuries.[21][22]

December

Sports

Arts and entertainment

Deaths

Deaths
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January

Elisabeta Polihroniade

February

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

March

Iolanda Balaș
Solomon Marcus

April

Mircea Albulescu

May

June

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

July

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

August

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

September

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

October

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

November

December

  • 8 December – Romulus Rusan, writer (b. 1935)

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References

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  2. ^ "Preşedintele Klaus Iohannis a PROMULGAT legea care interzice fumatul în spaţii publice". Mediafax. 29 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Legea antifumat a fost promulgată". Digi24. 29 January 2016.
  4. ^ "5 morti si 28 de raniti, dupa ce un autobuz a lovit o autobasculanta pe Centura Ploiestiului. Ce au declarat victimele". Stirile Pro TV. 5 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Tortionarul Visinescu, condamnat definitiv la inchisoare cu executare. Unde si-ar putea ispasi pedeapsa". Stirile Pro TV. 10 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Primul torţionar comunist condamnat. Vişinescu, 20 de ani de închisoare. A fost ridicat de polițiști". Realitatea.net. 10 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Cea mai caldă zi de februarie din ultimii 55 de ani. Oraşul în care temperaturile sunt cu 18 grade peste valorile normale". Gândul. 16 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Cazul bebelusilor infectati: Al treilea copil a murit la Marie Curie". Ziare.com. 16 February 2016.
  9. ^ "Cine este Radu Sienerth, victima 64 a incendiului din Colectiv. Alti 10 raniti mai sunt internati in clinici din strainatate". Stirile Pro TV. 14 March 2016.
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