2008 in Romania
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Events from the year 2008 in Romania.
Incumbents
- President: Traian Băsescu[1]
 - Prime Minister: Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (until 22 December); Emil Boc (from 22 December)[2][3]
 
Events
- April 2 – A NATO summit takes place at the Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest.[4]
 - May - Never Mind the Balkans, Here's Romania story collection is published.[5]
 - June 1 – 2008 Romanian local elections, with a runoff for mayors on June 15.[6]
 - November 15 – Petrila Mine disaster: Twelve miners die after two explosions at a mine in Petrila, one of six coal mining cities in the Jiu Valley region of Hunedoara County.[7]
 - November 24 – Another miner dies at Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest, raising the death toll from the Petrila Mine disaster to 13.
 - November 30 – 2008 Romanian legislative election.[8]
 
Deaths

- January 3 – Petru Dugulescu, pastor, politician (born 1945)
 - January 22 – Ștefan Niculescu, composer (born 1927)
 - February 18 – Mihaela Mitrache, actress (born 1955)[9]
 - August 16 – Elena Leușteanu, Olympic gymnast (born 1935)
 - September 7 – Ilarion Ciobanu, actor (born 1931)
 - September 14 – Ștefan Iordache, actor (born 1941)
 - October 8 – George Emil Palade, cell biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)[10]
 
See also
Wikinews has related news:
- List of Romanian films of 2008
 - 2008 in the European Union
 - 2008 in Europe
 - Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
 - Romania at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 - Romania at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 
References
- ^ Eugen Tomiuc (13 December 2004). "Romania: Basescu Wins Presidential Vote, Vows To Fight Corruption". Radio Free Europe. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
 - ^ "Boc Government OK'd by Parliament, with 324 votes in favor and 115 against". Financiarul. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
 - ^ Radu Marinas and Luiza Ilie (2008-12-22). "Romania centre-left gov't sworn in to tackle crisis". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
 - ^ Bucharest to host 2008 NATO Summit, NATO, 27 April 2007
 - ^ Paget, John (1853). Hungary and Transylvania; with remarks on their condition, social, political, and economical. London. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
 - ^ "Early Parliamentary Elections, 1 June 2008". www.osce.org. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
 - ^ Chron (English)
 - ^ Maxfield, Ed (2009-11-01). "Election Report, Romania's Parliamentary Elections, 30 November 2008". Journal of Representative Democracy. 45 (4): 485–493. doi:10.1080/00344890903257706. ISSN 0034-4893.
 - ^ "A murit actrita Mihaela Mitrache". Ziare.com (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-12-22.
 - ^ "In Memoriam: Nobel Prize Winner George Palade, Established Cell Biology at Yale | Yale News". news.yale.edu. 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
 
External links
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