This is a list of 1990 events that occurred in
Romania
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.
Incumbents
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President
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*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
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Ion Iliescu
Ion Iliescu (; born 3 March 1930) is a Romanian politician and engineer who served as the second president of Romania from 1989 until 1996 and from 2000 until 2004. Between 1996 and 2000 and also from 2004 to 2008, the year in which he retired, ...
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Prime Minister
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:
Petre Roman
Petre Roman (; born 22 July 1946) is a Romanian engineer and politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from 1989 to 1991, when his Third Roman cabinet, government was overthrown by the Mineriad, intervention of the miners led by Miron Cozma ...
Dieter Nohlen
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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1591
Politics
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1990 Romanian general election
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.
Events
January
* 12 January – National Mourning Day in memory of the victims of the Revolution of 1989.
* 20 January – The first issue of ''
Revista 22
''Revista 22'' (''22 Magazine'') is a Romanian weekly magazine, issued by the Group for Social Dialogue and focused mainly on politics and culture.
History and profile
''Revista 22'' was started in 1990. The first edition of the magazine was prin ...
'', published by the
Group for Social Dialogue
The ''Group for Social Dialogue'' (, GDS) is a Romanian non-governmental organization whose stated mission is to protect and promote democracy, human rights and civil liberties. It was founded in January 1990 and issues the weekly magazine ''Revist ...
, appears in
Bucharest
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.
* 24 January – The poem "Un răsunet" written by
Andrei Mureșanu
Andrei Mureșanu (; November 16, 1816 in Bistrița – October 12, 1863 in Brașov) was a Romanian poet and revolutionary of Transylvania.
Born in a family of a small business owner in the countryside, he studied philosophy and theology ...
(1848), on the music of
Anton Pann
Anton Pann (; born Antonie Pantoleon-Petroveanu , and also mentioned as ''Anton Pantoleon'' or ''Petrovici''; 1790s—2 November 1854) was an Ottoman-born Wallachian composer, musicologist, and Romanian-language poet, also noted for his acti ...
, is selected as the State Anthem of Romania under the name "
Deșteaptă-te, române!
"" (; ) is the national anthem of Romania. It originated from a poem written during the Wallachian Revolution of 1848.
The lyrics were composed by Andrei Mureșanu and published during the Wallachian Revolution of 1848, 1848 revolution, initiall ...
".
* 28 January – In Bucharest, in
Victory Square, is held a meeting organized by
PNȚCD
The Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (, PNȚCD) is an agrarian and Christian democratic political party in Romania. It claims to be the rightful successor of the interwar ''National Peasants' Party'' (PNȚ), created from the merge ...
,
PNL, PSDR and other parties protesting against the decision of the
FSN to participate in elections. In parallel, is conducted a counter-manifestation organized by FSN and supported by workers at IMGB, ICTB, IMMR and IIRUC.
* 29 January –
January 1990 Mineriad: Over 5,000 miners from the Jiu Valley arrive in the capital following calls launched in the media by President
Ion Iliescu
Ion Iliescu (; born 3 March 1930) is a Romanian politician and engineer who served as the second president of Romania from 1989 until 1996 and from 2000 until 2004. Between 1996 and 2000 and also from 2004 to 2008, the year in which he retired, ...
.
February
* 2 February
** The Romanian Society for Philosophy is reestablished.
** Bucharest Military Court pronounces judgment in the trial of four of Ceaușescu's close collaborators –
Manea Mănescu
Manea Mănescu (; 9August 191627February 2009) was a Romanian communist politician who served as Prime Minister for five years (27February 197429March 1979) during Nicolae Ceaușescu's Communist regime.
His father was a Communist Party veteran f ...
,
Tudor Postelnicu
Tudor Postelnicu (13 November 1931 – 12 August 2017) was a Romanian Communist politician, who served as Director of the Securitate from March 1978 to October 1987, and then as Interior Minister until the 1989 Revolution.
Biography
Born in ...
,
Emil Bobu
Emil Bobu (22 February 1927 – 12 July 2014) was a Romanian Communist activist and politician, who served as Interior Minister from 1973 to 1975 and as Labor Minister from 1979 to 1981. He was an influential figure in the later years of th ...
, and
Ion Dincă
Ion Dincă (November 3, 1928 – January 9, 2007) was a Romanian communist politician and Army general who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Mayor of Bucharest under the Communist regime.
Born in Cobia, Dâmbovița County, in 1947, he moved to ...
: life imprisonment and total confiscation of personal property.
* 5 February – The
Museum of the Romanian Peasant
The National Museum of the Romanian Peasant () is a museum in Bucharest, Romania, with a collection of textiles (especially costumes), icons, ceramics (art), ceramics, and other artifacts of Romanian peasant life. One of Europe's leading museums ...
is founded.
* 6 February – Transformation of NSFC into a political party, under the name of
National Salvation Front (NSF).
* 15 February – The Theater Union of Romania () is founded, with actor
Ion Caramitru
An ion () is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge. The charge of an electron is considered to be negative by convention and this charge is equal and opposite to the charge of a proton, which is considered to be positive by convent ...
as president.
* 28 February –
February 1990 Mineriad: 4,000 miners from the Jiu Valley clash with law enforcers. Dozens of people are injured and 105 arrested.
March
* 11 March – The popular demonstration in Timișoara Opera Square begins, with protesters adopting the Proclamation of Timișoara.
* 15 March – Five people are killed and hundreds injured in
ethnic clashes between
Romanians
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and
Hungarians
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in
Târgu Mureș
Târgu Mureș (, ; ; German language, German: ''Neumarkt am Mieresch'') is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the list of cities and towns in Romania, 16th-largest city in Romania, with 116,033 ...
.
* 21 March – Romania applies to join the
Council of Europe
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; the request was accepted on 7 October 1993.
* 26 March – The
Romanian Intelligence Service
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is established.
April

* 7 April –
Ion Iliescu
Ion Iliescu (; born 3 March 1930) is a Romanian politician and engineer who served as the second president of Romania from 1989 until 1996 and from 2000 until 2004. Between 1996 and 2000 and also from 2004 to 2008, the year in which he retired, ...
is elected President of the National Salvation Front.
* 22 April –
Golaniad
The Golaniad ( , from the word ''golan'' meaning "hoodlum") was a protest in Romania in the University Square, Bucharest. It was initiated by students and professors at the University of Bucharest.
The Golaniad started in April 1990, before the ...
: After an electoral rally of PNȚCD, some of the demonstrators barricade in the
University Square, Bucharest
University Square () is located in Bucharest city centre, near the University of Bucharest. It is served by Universitate metro station.
Four statues can be found in the University Square, in front of the university; they depict Ion Heliade Răd ...
.
May
* 6 May – More than 1,200,000 people
form
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a
human chain along the
Prut River
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Characteristics
The Prut originates on the eas ...
, on a length of . For six hours, Romanians were allowed to cross the Prut River in the
Moldavian SSR
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without passports and visas.
* 20 May – Are held the
first free elections in Romania after the
Second World War
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. Turnout is over 90%. Ion Iliescu is elected
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:
Arts and entertainment Film and television
*'' Præsident ...
in the first ballot, receiving 85% of the votes.
* 24 May – The ''Masca'' Theatre is founded by actor .
June
* 13 June –
June 1990 Mineriad
The June 1990 Mineriad was the suppression of anti- National Salvation Front (FSN) rioting in Bucharest, Romania by the physical intervention of groups of industrial workers as well as coal miners from the Jiu Valley, brought to Bucharest by the ...
: Six people are shot dead and 746 injured after law enforcers, supported by miners, intervened in force against protesters in University Square and the civilian population.
July
* 24 July – The
Senate of Romania
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2008–2012
In December 2008, the Democratic Liberal Party (Romania), Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) and the Alliance PSD+PC, political alliance established between the Social Democratic Party of Romania, Social Democratic Party ...
adopts a bill which establishes the
national holiday of Romania on 1 December, the day when, in 1918, through the
union of Transylvania with Romania
The union of Transylvania with Romania was declared on by the assembly of the delegates of ethnic Romanians held in Alba Iulia. The Great Union Day (also called ''Unification Day''), celebrated on 1 December, is a Public holidays in Romani ...
, was concluded the formation process of Romanian national state.
November
* 15 November – A large-scale demonstration on the occasion of three years from the
anticommunist uprising of workers and residents of Brașov is held in the city. Led by members of the Association "15 November", demonstrators go through the old route of the demonstration in 1987.
Births
* 23 January –
Dorin Lazăr, rugby player
* 27 January
** , singer and former member of
Lala Band
**
Mihai Onicaș, footballer
* 2 February –
Teodor Axinte, footballer
* 9 February –
Alina Bercu, pianist
* 22 February –
Marius Alexe
Marius Silviu Alexe (born 22 February 1990) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a striker.
Club career Dinamo București
Alexe started his football career when he was 10 years old at Dinamo București. From the very beginning, the talent ...
, footballer
* 27 February –
Constantin Drugă
Constantin Dudu Drugă (born 27 February 1990) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for FC Bacău.
Honours Dante Botoșani
*Liga III
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, footballer
* 4 March –
Cristina Sandu
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The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long j ...
, athlete
* 15 March –
Octavian Ionescu, footballer
* 16 March –
Ionuț Rada, footballer
* 17 April –
Filip Lazăr, rugby player and kinesiologist
* 1 June –
Bianca Perie, hammer thrower
* 18 June –
Sandra Izbașa
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, Olympic gymnast
* 20 August –
Ioan Valeriu Achiriloaie, alpine skier
* 3 September –
Ovidiu Covaciu, footballer
* 30 September –
Iuliana Paleu
Iuliana Paleu (born September 30, 1990, in Bicaz, Neamț) is a Romanian sprint canoeist. Paleu is a member of the canoe and kayak team for CS Dinamo București, and is coached and trained by Iuan Sipos.
Paleu represented Romania at the 2012 Sum ...
, sprint canoeist
* 17 October –
Marius Copil
Marius Copil (born 17 October 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player, competing currently on the ATP Challenger Tour. His career-high singles ranking is No. 56 achieved on 28 January 2019. Copil is known for his Fastest recorded tennis s ...
, tennis player
Deaths
* 31 January –
Alexandru Tatos
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Etymology, Etymologically, the name is derived from the Greek language, ...
, director and screenwriter (b. 1937)
* 15 February – , mathematician and corresponding
member of the Romanian Academy
This is a list of members of the Romanian Academy.
References
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(b. 1927)
* 20 February –
Alexandru Rosetti
Alexandru Rosetti (October 20, 1895 – February 27, 1990) was a Romanian linguist, editor, and memoirist.
Born in Bucharest, his parents were Petre Rosetti Bălănescu, a lawyer and landowner, and his wife Zoe (''née'' Cornescu), whose father w ...
, spiritual patron of the Romanian school of linguistics (b. 1895)
* 23 February –
Florin Pucă
Florin Pucă (April 24, 1932 — February 23, 1990) was a Romanian graphic artist. He was also a close collaborator of Leonid Dimov's, having illustrated several of his literary works. Other writers Pucă illustrated for include Gheorghe Pit ...
, graphic artist, poet and actor (b. 1932)
* 17 April –
Paul Dimo Paul Dimo (10 June 1905 – 17 April 1990) was a Romanian electrical engineer, creator of REI method of nodal analysis of electric networks. He contributed also to the development of electrification Plan of Romania.AGIR Biography
Born in Turnu Sever ...
, engineer and member of the Romanian Academy (b. 1905)
* 31 July –
Nicolae Giosan, communist dignitary, agronomist, geneticist and member of the Romanian Academy (b. 1921)
* 15 September –
Constantin Dinculescu, founder of the Romanian school of power plants (b. 1898)
* 19 September – , folk music and romances singer (b. 1917)
* 1 October – , literary critic, historian, and professor (b. 1941)
* 13 November –
Mircea Ionnițiu
Mircea Ionnițiu (sometimes incorrectly spelled "Ioanițiu" or "Ioannițiu") (September 27, 1921, Bucharest – November 13, 1990, Woodland Hills, California, United States) was a Romanian writer, author of memorial notes.
In his adolescence, he ...
, writer
* 20 December –
Valeriu Călinoiu
Valeriu Călinoiu (9 October 1928 – 20 December 1990) was a Romanian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Club career
Valeriu Călinoiu was born on 9 October 1928 in Bucharest, Romania and he started p ...
, footballer (b. 1928)
* ? –
Atanasia Ionescu, gymnast (b. 1935)
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Romania
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