Events from the year 2021 in Romania.

Incumbents

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Klaus Iohannis Klaus Werner Iohannis (; ; born 13 June 1959) is a Romanian politician, physicist, and former teacher who served as the fifth president of Romania from 2014 until his resignation in 2025. Prior to entering Politics of Romania, national politics, ...

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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). Sometimes labeled as Romania's first liber ...

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Nicolae Ciucă Nicolae Ionel Ciucă (; born 22 September 1967) is a Romanian politician and retired general of the Romanian Land Forces. Ideologically a conservative, he served as Prime Minister of Romania between 25 November 2021 and 12 June 2023 after receiv ...

(since 25 November 2021) ;

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Dan Barna Dan Barna (born 10 July 1975) is a Romanian politician and lawyer. He served as the president of the Save Romania Union (USR), and as co-president of USR PLUS, USR-PLUS until 1 October 2021. He was elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies (Rom ...

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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 Presi ...

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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 ...

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Anca Dragu Anca Dana Paliu Dragu (born 3 May 1972) is a Romanian economist and politician. She was Minister of Public Finance of Romania, as well as President of the Senate of Romania from 21 December 2020 to 23 November 2021. Dragu was the first woman i ...

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(since 23 November 2021) ;

President of the Chamber of Deputies 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 *'' Præsidente ...

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Ludovic Orban Ludovic Orban (; born 25 May 1963) is a Romanian engineer and politician who was the prime minister of Romania from November 2019 to December 2020. He was president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) between 2017 and 2021, which expelled him sh ...

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Florin Roman Florin Claudiu Roman (born 22 April 1974) is a Romanian politician, incumbent member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies since 2016. He served from 18 October 2021 to 2 November 2021 as interim President of the Chamber of Deputies, after the resi ...

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Marcel Ciolacu Ion Marcel Ciolacu (; born 28 November 1967) is a Romanian politician who served as the prime minister of Romania from 2023 to 2025. He was the leader of the Social Democratic Party (Romania), Social Democratic Party (PSD). As a previously littl ...

(since 23 November 2021) ;President of the

High Court of Cassation and Justice The High Court of Cassation and Justice () is Romania's supreme court. It is the equivalent of France's Cour de Cassation and serves a similar function to other courts of cassation around the world. Naming history It held various names durin ...

* Corina Corbu ;President of the

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* Valer Dorneanu

Events

Ongoing —

COVID-19 pandemic in Romania Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...

January

* 1 January –

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: The quarantine instated in the municipality of

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on 20 November expires on 1 January, at 20:00 EET. * 3 January –

: The Matei Balș Institute suspects a person who recently returned to Romania to have the British COVID-19 variant, now known as the Alpha variant. The Ministry of Health says that the variant has not yet been confirmed, since it requires the sequencing of the viral genome, starting from the probes selected after

real-time PCR A real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR, or qPCR when used quantitatively) is a laboratory technique of molecular biology based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). It monitors the amplification of a targeted DNA molecule duri ...

testing is done. The Department for Emergency Situations (, DSU) says that no case has been confirmed on the territory of Romania so far. Two probes are collected from the suspected patient for testing. Romanian doctor Radu Țincu states that the suspected person did not recently go in the United Kingdom. * 8 January –

: The identity of the first case with the more contagious British COVID-19 variant is confirmed to be a 27-year-old woman from

Giurgiu Giurgiu (; ; ) is a city in southern Romania. The seat of Giurgiu County, it lies in the historical region of Muntenia. It is situated amongst mud-flats and marshes on the left bank of the Danube facing the Bulgarian city of Ruse on the op ...

who showed up with minimal symptomatology at the "Matei Balș" Institute on 3 January, when she was hospitalised. * 18 January –

: The National Committee for Emergency Situations () decided to exempt those who had received a second dose of the

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at least 10 days prior to their arrival in Romania from quarantine. It has also decided to release from quarantine the close contacts who had been in quarantine for 10 days, had gotten a negative COVID-19 test result on the 8th day, and did not present specific symptomatology. The people coming from the UK who have a confirmed infection no less than two weeks and no longer than 3 months prior to entering Romania, are not needed to present a COVID-19 test result upon on arrival. Quarantine can be temporarily suspended for essential reasons in the case of the people coming from epidemic risk countries. * 26 January: ** At around 10:40 EET, a man tells the Bucharest Police () that there is an

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inside the Bucharest Court of Appeal (). The building is evacuated, and all trials are suspended.

Elena Udrea Elena Gabriela Udrea (; born 26 December 1973) is a Romanian politician. An independent who held office while in the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) and then the People's Movement Party (PMP), she was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies ...

is among the evacuated people, where she was participating in the last term of a trial regarding the financing of the election campaign of then-candidate

Traian Băsescu Traian Băsescu (; born 4 November 1951) is a Romanian politician who served as the president of Romania from 2004 to 2014. Prior to his presidency, Băsescu served as Romanian minister of transport on multiple occasions between 1991 and 2000, ...

at the 2009 Presidential election. Later that day, the Bucharest Police announces that the

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was a fake one. The trial involving Elena Udrea resumes at 14:00 EET, on the same day. ** The sitting prosecutor of the

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requests Elena Udrea to be sentenced to prison in the trial regarding the financing of Traian Băsescu's election campaign for the 2009 presidential election. She is accused of instigation to bribe taking and

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, which means she could risk up to 12 years in jail. * 27 January – A

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in the region of

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disrupts traffic on the

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and some national roads, as well as

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and

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, while 27 train services have been suspended. The orange code was declared in the area between 10:00 and 21:00 EET. * 29 January – At about 5:00 EET, a fire breaks out at the Prof. Dr. Matei Balș National Institute for Infectious Diseases of

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. According to secretary of state Raed Arafat, the first emergency call was made at 05:05, and the first crew arrived 8 minutes afterwards. 102

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patients were evacuated and transferred to other pavilions of the hospital, or other hospitals from Bucharest. The cause of the fire is still unknown. The death toll of the fire was 17.

February

* 8 February –

: New relaxation measures were taken as the epidemiogical situation continued to ameliorate. Schools partially or fully reopened around Romania, based on local incidence rates. * 11 February –

: The number of vaccine doses administered nationwide exceeds 1 million. * 16 February – A fire breaks out in an apartment in the sixth floor of an apartment building in Mamaia Boulevard,

. A woman inside the affected apartment tries to escape the fire by leaving via the balcony window, and is afterwards found dead by the medics who tried to resuscitate her. * 17 February – A simple motion initiated by the

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and supported by the

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against Minister of Health

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fails, as a result of opposition from the member parties of the coalition forming the government at that time ( PNL, USR,

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). * 17–22 February – Unpaid for ten months, 70 miners from the

Lupeni Coal Mine Lupeni Coal Mine is an underground mining exploitation, one of the largest in Romania located in Lupeni, one of six cities in the Jiu Valley region of Hunedoara County. The legal entity managing the Lupeni mine is the National Hard Coal Company w ...

, located at the

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, protest by not leaving the mine for a few consecutive days. * 23 February –

: The death toll from COVID-19 passes 20,000 nationwide.

March

* 1 March – Two workers who have been renovating an apartment in

Onești Onești (; ), formerly known as Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, is a city in Bacău County, Romania, with a population of 34,005 inhabitants as of 2021. It is situated in the historical region of Moldavia. Administratively, the villages of Slobozia an ...

Bacău County Bacău County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia, with its capital city at Bacău. It has one commune, Ghimeș-Făget, in Transylvania. Geography This county has a total area of . In the western part of the county there a ...

, are killed by a former inhabitant of the apartment, who lost ownership of it 12 years prior to the incident as a result of a court decision. * 5 March –

: ** The first two cases of the South African variant, the Beta variant, were confirmed in Romania, in patients from

and

Pitești Pitești () is a city in Romania, located on the river Argeș (river), Argeș. The capital and largest city of Argeș County, it is an important commercial and industrial center, as well as the home of two universities. Pitești is situated in th ...

respectively. ** The National Committee for Emergency Situations adopted Decision number 15 which modifies the common agreement between the Ministries of Health and Education on the functioning of schools during the pandemic, so that students in 8th and 12th grades are allowed to participate physically in school no matter what, unless the locality the school is located in is quarantined. * 8 March –

: ** The municipality of

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, largest city of

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, as well as some

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surrounding it, enter

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for a period of at least 14 days. ** The first two cases of the Brazilian variant are confirmed in Romania, both in

. * 29 March – Protests against the

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's response to the

escalate in

and several other

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. At Bucharest, shop windows, street furniture, bus stations and vending machines were vandalized, with the protest there eventually becoming violent. * 31 March –

: The

imposed on the

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on 8 March was lifted at midnight.

April

* 9 April – The Head of the Department for Emergency Situations

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and Health Minister

decided that the Foișor

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Hospital of

should only treat patients infected with the

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and that all patients admitted to the hospital should be evacuated as soon as possible, despite the hospital's management stating that it does not meet the criteria for it to become a COVID-19 ward. The decision had led to a protest at the hospital. The next day, USR-PLUS asked that the hospital manager and the ASSMB leader be fired, blaming them for "slowing the process of turning the orthopedy hospital into a COVID hospital". * 10 April –

: The total number of cases nationwide exceeds 1 million. * 14 April – Prime Minister

fires Health Minister

, after multiple controversies throughout his almost four-month term in the

Cîțu Cabinet The Cîțu Cabinet was the 131st government of Romania, led by the national liberal (PNL) Prime Minister Florin Cîțu. It was removed from office after a motion of no confidence passed by the Parliament with a record of 281 votes, the largest ...

. Andreea Moldovan was fired as well from her position of secretary of state in the Ministry of Health, also by Cîțu. Deputy Prime Minister

, the co-president of USR-PLUS, called the decision "politically unilateral and immature" and declared that the alliance forming part of the then-governing coalition no longer supports Cîțu as Prime Minister. Cîțu himself became Minister of Health as interim. * 16 April – The Court of Appeal of Bucharest legally recognizes the merger of the

Save Romania Union The Save Romania Union (, USR) is a Liberalism, liberal List of political parties in Romania, political party in Romania. It is the fourth-largest party in the Parliament of Romania, holding 40 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (Romania), Chamber ...

(USR) and the

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(PLUS), the two parties conforming the

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2020 USR-PLUS Alliance, into one single new party known as USR-PLUS. This merger had been decided earlier on 15 August 2020 during an online

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between the members of the two parties. The USR-PLUS will held a new congress in autumn 2021 to choose a new single leadership, with the presidents of both former parties,

(USR) and

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(PLUS), announcing that they will participate in the vote. * 20 April – A

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aircraft of the

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(RoAF) crashes in an uninhabited zone near Dedrad in

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during a training flight. The aircraft took off from the

RoAF 71st Air Base The Romanian Air Force 71st Air Base "General Emanoil Ionescu" (), also known as Câmpia Turzii Air Base, is located in the Communes of Romania, commune Luna, Cluj, Luna near the city of Câmpia Turzii, in Cluj County. The 71st Air Base was found ...

Câmpia Turzii Câmpia Turzii (; ; ) is a municipality in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania, which was formed in 1925 by the union of two villages, Ghiriș (''Aranyosgyéres'') and Sâncrai (''Szentkirály''). It was declared a town in 1950 and a city in 1998. ...

at around 14:00

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with the company of 2 other aircraft of the same type, with the pilot, lieutenant commander Andrei Criste, later reporting an emergency and ejecting before the crash. The other aircraft returned to the base at around 15:00 EEST and an investigation about the incident was started, while the pilot was taken to a hospital 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 ...

, where he received authorization to be taken to another one in Bucharest. * 21 April –

Ioana Mihăilă Ioana Mihăilă (born 20 November 1980) is a Romanian politician and endocrinologist from USR PLUS, who has been the Minister of Health of Romania since 21 April 2021. Being specialized in endocrinology since 2010, she is a member of the Romania ...

, the proposition of USR-PLUS for the Ministry of Health is sworn in by president

. She was previously secretary of state in the same Ministry, during the term of

. * 29 April –

: Romania reports its first cases of the

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strain, specifically of the B.1.617.2 sublineage, in an outbreak in

Brașov County Brașov County () is a county (județ) of Transylvania, Romania. Its capital city is Brașov. The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" (''țări'') Burzenland and Făgăraș. Name In Hungarian language, Hungari ...

. The strain is thought to be contributing to a surge of COVID-19 infections in India that led to pressure on its healthcare system.

May

* 5 May –

: Schools begin gradually reopening once again after a prolonged spring break, in conditions much closer to normalcy amid decreasing new infections. The number of scenarios in which they operate have been reduced to 2 instead of 3: below and above 1/1,000 inhabitants. For the first time,

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operate in their full capacity as long as the locality in which they are located in is not quarantined. This process ended on 10 May when students in the 8th and 12th grades returned to their classrooms. * 13 May –

: The government announced a series of further relaxation measures, including the lifting of the night

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and of the requirement of wearing face masks in uncrowded outdoor public areas. They took effect on 15 May. * 25 May –

, the president of the PNL announced the election calendar for all National Liberal Party branches, as part of a party congress voted to be held on 25 September. He said that there will be a time period of 45 days, between 10 August and 25 September, for the congress campaign. He also stated that the way the congress is going to be held will depend on how the

pandemic A pandemic ( ) is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has a sudden increase in cases and spreads across a large region, for instance multiple continents or worldwide, affecting a substantial number of individuals. Widespread endemic (epi ...

plays out. * 26 May ** The

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ratifies decision 2020/2053 of the

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from 14 December 2020 on the Euratom with a bill. 378 votes were cast in favour of the bill. On the same day, the

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approves a bill meant to turn the period between 6 and 31 December a holiday dedicated to Romanian carolling. The bill was initiated by Bogdan Gheorghiu, the Romanian

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, and PNL senator

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. ** A 4.7 Richter magnitude earthquake is registered at 00:30, in

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. With a depth of 128 kilometres, the earthquake was felt in the capital city of Romania,

. * 27 May ** The minister of interior of Romania,

Lucian Bode Lucian Bode (born 27 October 1974, in Valcău de Jos, Sălaj County, Romania) is a Romanian politician who served as Minister of Internal Affairs in the Cîțu Cabinet from 2020 to 2023. He previously served as Minister for Transport, Informati ...

, announces a capture of 2850 new

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s found in 143 boxes hidden in a furniture transport, on the evening of 24 September, at the border crossing to

Isaccea Isaccea () is a small town in Tulcea County, in Northern Dobruja, Romania, on the right bank of the Danube, 35 km north-west of Tulcea. According to the 2021 census, it has a population of 4,408. The town has been inhabited for thousands o ...

. The truck was driven by a Ukrainian driver, with the destination from

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. ** The

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launches 11 videos to urge people to get

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, the prime minister of Romania, said that the government paid no money for the video campaign. ** A

Paykan The Paykan ( meaning ''Arrow'') is the first Iranian-made car produced by Iran Khodro, between 1967 and 2005. The car, formerly called "Iran National", is a licensed version of the British Rootes Arrow (Hillman Hunter) and was very popular i ...

Hillman Hunter from 1974, gifted by the

Shah of Iran The monarchs of Iran ruled for over two and a half millennia, beginning as early as the 7th century BC and enduring until the 20th century AD. The earliest Iranian king is generally considered to have been either Deioces of the Median dynasty () ...

to former Romanian communist leader

Nicolae Ceaușescu Nicolae Ceaușescu ( ; ; – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian politician who was the second and last Communism, communist leader of Socialist Romania, Romania, serving as the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 u ...

is offered for auction. * 29 May – Aurel Crișan, a 66-year-old businessman, is murdered in a car explosion in front of a

Profi Profi is a chain of supermarkets and convenience stores with 1,808 locations in Romania owned by Ahold Delhaize. History Belgium and Luxembourg Profi discount store network was founded in 1979 in Belgium by the Louis Delhaize Group. ...

store on Aurel Vlaicu boulevard in Arad. The first hypothesis is that the

bomb A bomb is an explosive weapon that uses the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy. Detonations inflict damage principally through ground- and atmosphere-transmitted mechan ...

was controlled remotely. The

SRI Shri (; , ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. The word is widely used in South and Southeast Asian languages such as Assamese, Meitei ( Manipuri), Marathi, Malay (including In ...

is excluding the hypothesis that the bombing was a

terroristic threat A terroristic threat is a threat to commit a crime of violence or a threat to cause bodily injury to another person and terrorization as the result of the proscribed conduct. Several U.S. states have enacted statutes which impose criminal liab ...

. * 31 May –

: A significant amount of protesters in the Victoriei Square request for the suspension of the vaccination campaign for people that are not at least 18 years old. Their reasons include that "the COVID-19 vaccine is still in clinical studies", that "no student/pupil physically going to school spread the coronavirus", and that "there's no enough information regarding adverse reactions".

June

* 1 June –

: Even more relaxation measures take effect. Gatherings of maximum 50 people in indoor areas and of maximum 70 people in outdoor areas became possible for private and cultural-artistic events. For the first time,

people are prioritized when it comes to such measures (however people who had COVID-19 in the past 90 days from infection or with a negative test can also get access to certain tasks); for such people, public areas have a bigger capacity, while clubs and bars have reopened. * 4 June – The general school inspector of

, Ionel Pușcaș, was fired by the 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 Roma ...

over an incident at the "George Bacovia" School in

Sector 4 Sector 4 () is an administrative unit of Bucharest. Economy Romavia had its head office in Sector 4.Contact
"

, president of the

accuses the USR-PLUS and National Liberal Party of fraud in a vote in the

involving a simple motion against Minister of European Funds Cristian Ghinea in an attempt to keep him incumbent by including the votes cast from tablets, which Article 126 of the Regulation of the Chamber of Deputies only allows for normative acts. The motion would have passed if the votes cast from tablets were not included, according to the PSD and the

. * 19 June – A

cyclone In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an ant ...

formed in the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bound ...

affects the eastern part of Romania, with floods reported in multiple localities. The city of

Galați Galați ( , , ; also known by other #Etymology and names, alternative names) is the capital city of Galați County in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in eastern Romania. Galați is a port town on the river Danube. and the sixth-larges ...

and the commune of Biliești,

Vrancea County Vrancea () is a county (județ) in Romania, with its seat at Focșani. It is mostly in the historical region of Moldavia but the southern part, below the Milcov (Siret), Milcov River, is in Muntenia. Demographics At the 2021 Romanian census, 2 ...

were among the most affected by the cyclone. Among the Romanian road network, the

Bacău Bacău ( ; , ; ; ) is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. With a population of 136,087 (as of 2021 census), Bacău is the 14th largest city in Romania. The city is situated in the historical region of Moldavia, at the foothills of the ...

–

section of the DN11 ( E574) was also notably affected, collapsing on a 100-metre segment. The water in the Putna river reached historical levels higher than during the 2005 floods. * 22 June – A fire breaks out at the Sfânta Maria

children's hospital A children's hospital (CH) is a hospital that offers its services exclusively to infants, children, adolescents, and young adults from birth up to until age 18, and through age 21 and older in the United States. In certain special cases, the ...

Iași Iași ( , , ; also known by other #Etymology and names, alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the Cities in Romania, third largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical ...

. However, unlike other hospital fires in Romania since the

Piatra Neamț hospital fire On 14 November 2020, around 18:30 EET, a fire broke out in the COVID-19 ward of the Piatra Neamț Emergency Hospital in Piatra Neamț, Romania. The fire killed ten people and injured another four, including two doctors. All the deceased people ...

, no one was carbonised but several patients were evacuated. The hospital had an electric installation dating from 1970 and had been under renovation works two years prior. * 23 June – The

submits the text of a

vote of no confidence A motion or vote of no confidence (or the inverse, a motion or vote of confidence) is a motion and corresponding vote thereon in a deliberative assembly (usually a legislative body) as to whether an officer (typically an executive) is deemed fi ...

aimed against the

, named "FAILED Romania. The 'fantastic' record of the Cîțu Government" ().

, first vice president of the

PSD PSD may refer to: Educational bodies * Poudre School District, a school district in Larimer County, Colorado Government and military * Payment Services Directive, EU regulation for payment services * Pesticides Safety Directorate, UK * President ...

accuses the government of being a danger to Romanians and Romanian businesses, of having frozen pensions and allowances and that it had brought the national Recovery and Resilience Plan (, PNRR) disastrous reforms. * 27 June ** Partial local elections take place in 36 localities. In all but one of them, a commune of the

Dâmbovița County Dâmbovița County (; also spelt Dîmbovița) is a county () of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Târgoviște, the most important economic, political, administrative and cultural center of the county. It is a traditional administra ...

(where the elections involved the Local Council), the inhabitants have elected a new mayor. The

won in half of the 36 localities. **

: The capital city of

reports no cases in a day for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. * 29 June – The

motion of no-confidence In physics, motion is when an object changes its position with respect to a reference point in a given time. Motion is mathematically described in terms of displacement, distance, velocity, acceleration, speed, and frame of reference to an obse ...

known as "FAILED Romania. The 'fantastic' record of the Cîțu Government" () and aimed against the

was rejected by the

Romanian Parliament The Parliament of Romania () is the national bicameral legislature of Romania, consisting of the Chamber of Deputies () and the Senate (). It meets at the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, the capital. Prior to the modification of the Cons ...

, with 201 votes "for" and 1 "against". This result came after the leaders of PNL and

USR PLUS USR PLUS was a Romanian progressive, liberal, and centrist political alliance active between 2019 and 2021. Established on 2 February 2019 solely as an electoral alliance between the political parties Save Romania Union (USR) and the Freedom, ...

refused to let the members of their parties to vote and forced them to "remain in their seats", while parliamentarians of the

had abstained on their own.

July

* 2 July – 1 dead and 5 injured after an explosion at

Petromidia Refinery Petromidia Refinery is the largest Romanian oil refinery and one of the largest in Eastern Europe, located in Năvodari, Constanța County. It has an annual processing capacity of 4.8 million tonnes/year or . The refinery is supplied with oil th ...

, the largest Romanian

oil refinery An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial processes, industrial process Factory, plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refining, refined into products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, Bitumen, asphalt base, ...

, in

Năvodari Năvodari (, historical names: ''Carachioi''; ''Caracoium'', ) is a town in Constanța County, region of Northern Dobruja, Romania, with a population of 34,398 as of 2021. The town formally includes a territorially distinct community, Social Grou ...

Constanța County Constanța () is a Counties of Romania, county (județ) of Romania on the Bulgaria–Romania border, border with Bulgaria, in the Dobruja region. Its capital city is also named Constanța. Demographics In 2021, it had a population of 655,997 ...

. * 15 July – The

Court admits request of former President of the

Liviu Dragnea Liviu Nicolae Dragnea (; born 28 October 1962) is a Romanian engineer and former politician. Starting his career in the Democratic Party (PD), he joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD), eventually becoming its leader. After holding several pos ...

for conditional release from prison, ending 2 years and 2 months of jail that began on 27 May 2019. * 23 July – A state of alert was imposed 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 sec ...

by the prefecture of the capital, at the request of Sector 1 mayor

Clotilde Armand Clotilde Marie Brigitte Armand (born 28 June 1973) is a French-born Romanian politician and businesswoman. Between October 2020 and November 2024, she was Mayor of Bucharest's Sector 1. Armand first ran for Mayor of Sector 1 in the 2016 Roman ...

, on the grounds of lots of uncollected waste due to the refusal by her administration to pay bills issued by Romprest, the sanitation operator of Sector 1. * 27 July –

Roșia Montană Roșia Montană (, "Roșia of the Mountains"; ; , ; ) is a Commune in Romania, commune of Alba County in the Apuseni Mountains of western Transylvania, Romania. It is located in the Valea Roșiei, through which the small river Roșia Montană (ri ...

becomes a

UNESCO World Heritage Site World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an treaty, international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural ...

, 4 years and a half since proceedings began for the listing.

August

September

* 1 September – A major political crisis begins in Romania as Prime Minister

fires Justice Minister

Stelian Ion Stelian-Cristian Ion (born 24 June 1977) is a Romanian politician who served as Minister of Justice in the Cîțu Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Florin Cîțu, from 23 December 2020 to 1 September 2021. His sacking as Minister of Justice thre ...

after a dispute between PNL and

on the so-called Anghel Saligny investment program (or "PNDL 3"). * 3 September –

2021 Romanian political crisis A political crisis began on 1 September 2021 in Romania, engulfing both major coalition partners of the Cîțu Cabinet, namely the conservative-liberal National Liberal Party (PNL) and the progressive-liberal Save Romania Union (USR). The cri ...

: USR PLUS, together with the opposition party

, submits the motion of no confidence "The firing of the Cîțu Government, the only chance for Romania to live!" aimed against the

. * 8 September –

: President of Romania

signs the resignations of the

ministers who were in the

, replacing them with acting ministers from PNL and UDMR. * 25 September – Incumbent President of the National Liberal Party

loses to Prime Minister

in an internal election for the party presidency held within a

with 5000 party delegates. * 28 September –

: The

(PSD) submits its own motion of no confidence aimed against the Cîțu Cabinet, entitled "STOP poverty, price increases and criminals! Down with the Cîțu Government!", the second in less than a month after that of USR–AUR.

October

* 1 October: ** A fire breaks out in the Constanța Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Constanța, leaving 7 deaths. **

was elected as the sole president of

, whose name would revert to USR. * 5 October –

: The PSD's "STOP poverty, price increases and criminals! Down with the Cîțu Government!" motion of no confidence passes with 281 votes "for", the largest number of votes since the

Romanian Revolution The Romanian revolution () was a period of violent Civil disorder, civil unrest in Socialist Republic of Romania, Romania during December 1989 as a part of the revolutions of 1989 that occurred in several countries around the world, primarily ...

. Consequently, the

was dissolved. * 11 October –

: President

nominates USR president

as Prime Minister-designate. * 21 October –

: As a result of Cioloș's cabinet failing to pass the parliament, President Iohannis nominates

as Prime Minister-designate, the second in less than 60 days.

November

* 23 November – 2021 President of the Senate of Romania election * 25 November –

: The

Ciucă Cabinet The Ciucă Cabinet () was the 132nd government of Romania led by former Romanian Land Forces army general Nicolae Ciucă (PNL; also current PNL president) from 25 November 2021 to 12 June 2023. The grand coalition forming the government, consi ...

, a PSD–PNL–UDMR

grand coalition A grand coalition is an arrangement in a multi-party parliamentary system in which the two largest political party, political parties of opposing political spectrum, political ideologies unite in a coalition government. Causes of a grand coali ...

government, is sworn in to office, ending the crisis.

December

* 20 December – A several-hour strike by the employees of the CFR suspends more than 100 train journeys and activity of over 50 railway stations in Romania. They protested the low salaries and the fact the law on the status of railway staff does not apply. The CFR's director, Ion Simu, called the strike a "spontaneous illegal protest".

Sports

* March – November – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers ** 25 March –

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North Macedonia North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...

** 28 March –

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

** 5 September –

Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (, ; ; ), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein ( ), is a Landlocked country#Doubly landlocked, doubly landlocked Swiss Standard German, German-speaking microstate in the Central European Alps, between Austria in the east ...

** 11 October –

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

** 11 November –

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* May – 2021 Women's EHF European League Finals ** 8 May –

Nantes Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...

v Minaur Baia Mare ** 8 May –

Siófok Siófok (; ; ) is a town in Somogy County, Hungary on the southern bank of Lake Balaton. It is the Somogy County#Municipalities, second largest municipality in Somogy County and the seat of Siófok District. It covers an area of about between Lak ...

v Herning-Ikast ** 9 May – Minaur Baia Mare v Herning-Ikast ** 9 May –

* June –

UEFA Euro 2020 The 2020 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2020 or simply Euro 2020, was the 16th UEFA European Championship, the Anniversary#Latin-derived numerical names, quadrennial international men's association footb ...

** 13 June –

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

** 17 June –

** 21 June –

** 28 June –

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

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Deaths

January

* 1 January ** Petre Iancu, the coach of the national Romanian

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team (born 1954) * 2 January ** Alexandru Bădulescu, Romanian professor and

honorary citizen Honorary citizenship is a status bestowed by a city or other government on a foreign or native individual whom it considers to be especially admirable or otherwise worthy of the distinction. The honor usually is symbolic and does not confer an ...

Ploiești Ploiești ( , , ), formerly spelled Ploești, is a Municipiu, city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania. Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located north of Bucharest. The area of Ploiești is around , and it borders the Ble ...

(born 1929) * 6 January ** Mircea Bolba, 59, Romanian football player ( Politehnica Timișoara, Bihor Oradea) and manager (

Olimpia Satu Mare Fotbal Club Olimpia MCMXXI Satu Mare, commonly known as Olimpia Satu Mare, Olimpia MCMXXI 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 20 ...

). **

Iulian Șerban Iulian Șerban (25 February 1985 – 6 January 2021) was a Romanian paracanoeist who competed from the late 2000s onwards. He was a three time world champion, five time European champion and the first Romanian man to compete in canoeing in the Pa ...

, Romanian paralympic athlete (born 1985) * 8 January **

Iancu Țucărman Iancu Țucărman (30 October 1922 – 8 January 2021) was a Romanian Jewish agricultural engineer and survivor of the Holocaust The Holocaust (), known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as the (), was the genocide of History of the Jews in ...

, Romanian agronomist of Jewish origin and survivor of the

Iași pogrom The Iași pogrom (, sometimes anglicized as Jassy) was a series of pogroms launched by governmental forces under Marshal and Leader Ion Antonescu in the Romanian city of Iași against its History of the Jews in Iași, Jewish community, which la ...

(born 1922) * 10 January ** , Romanian historian (born 1943) * 11 January ** Bogdan Macovei, former coach of the national women's handball team of Romania (born 1953) * 12 January ** Bogdan Stanoevici, Romanian actor and politician (born 1958) ** Florentin Crihălmeanu, Romanian Greek Catholic bishop of Cluj-Gherla (born 1959) * 13 January **

Mircea Păcurariu Mircea Păcurariu (30 July 1932 – 13 January 2021) was a Romanian theologian, historian and priest in the Romanian Orthodox Church. Biography Born in Ruși, Hunedoara County, he was the son of the village priest. He enrolled in the History ...

, historian of the

Romanian Orthodox Church The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; , ), or Romanian Patriarchate, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches, and one of the nine patriarchates in the East ...

, member of the

Romanian Academy The Romanian Academy ( ) is a cultural forum founded in Bucharest, Romania, in 1866. It covers the scientific, artistic and literary domains. The academy has 181 active members who are elected for life. According to its bylaws, the academy's ma ...

, priest and

Sibiu Sibiu ( , , , Hungarian: ''Nagyszeben'', , Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'' or ''Hermestatt'') is a city in central Romania, situated in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles th ...

(born 1932) * 17 January ** , art critic, president of the Artsociety foundation, former member of the Administrative Board of the

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and former culture councillor of

Sector 2 Sector 2 () is an administrative unit of Bucharest. Demographics Sector 2 is the city's most multicultural sector. In particular, it contains Romania's largest community of Chinese people, who mainly live in the districts of Colentina and Obo ...

(born 1944) * 23 January ** , theatre actress at the Odeon Theatre of

(born 1960) * 26 January ** , actress and wife of Romanian musician

Tudor Gheorghe Tudor Gheorghe (; born August 1, 1945) is a Romanian musician, actor, and poet known primarily for his politically charged musical career and his collaborations with well-known figures of late 20th-century Romanian poetry. His recording work is ...

(born 1934) * 31 January ** Mihail Popescu, 60, Romanian Olympic ice hockey player (

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

February

* 6 February **

Zamfir Dumitrescu Zamfir Dumitrescu (15 April 1946 – 6 February 2021) was a Romanian painter. Zamfir Dumitrescu was born in Bucharest, Romania. He graduated in 1970 from the Nicolae Grigorescu Institute of Art Bucharest, the class of Corneliu Baba. He serve ...

, 74, Romanian painter. ** Ioan Dzițac, 67, Romanian mathematician and computer scientist, heart attack. * 9 February ** Valeria Gagealov, 89, Romanian actress (''

The Mill of Good Luck ''The Mill of Good Luck'' () is a 1955 Romanian drama film directed by Victor Iliu. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. It is a version of the novella ''Moara cu noroc'' ("The lucky mill"), published in the collection '' Nuvele ...

'', ''

Mihail, câine de circ ''Mihail, câine de circ'' () is a 1979 Romanian adventure film directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu. It is based on the novel '' Michael, Brother of Jerry'' by Jack London. Cast * Karl Michael Vogler – Dag Daughtry * Ernest Maftei – Greenleaf * ...

''), COVID-19. * 15 February **

Ștefan Tudor Ştefan Tudor (3 March 194315 February 2021) was a Romanian rower. Career He competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics in the coxed fours, coxed pairs and coxless fours events, respectively, and won a bronze medal in 1972. In 1970 he became ...

, 77, Romanian rower, Olympic bronze medallist (

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, ...

). * 23 February **

Sergiu Natra Sergiu Natra (; 12 April 1924 – 23 February 2021) was an Israeli composer of classical music. (Print version: Sadie, Stanley (ed.), ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', Macmillan, 1980, Vol. 13 p. 76. ) Life and work Natra was b ...

, 96, Romanian-born Israeli composer.

March

* 1 March **

Gheorghe Dănilă Gheorghe Dănilă (9 April 1949 – 1 March 2021) was a Romanian actor. Biography Dănilă was born on 9 April 1949, in Roman. In 1975, he graduated from the Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film, where he studied under Octavian Co ...

, actor (born 1949) * 6 March ** Cassius Ionescu-Tulcea, 97, Romanian-American mathematician. * 7 March ** Yechezkel Roth, 85, Romanian-born American rabbi, heart attack. * 8 March ** Adi Bărar, founder and leader of Romanian heavy metal band

Cargo In transportation, cargo refers to goods transported by land, water or air, while freight refers to its conveyance. In economics, freight refers to goods transported at a freight rate for commercial gain. The term cargo is also used in cas ...

(born 1960) * 11 March **

Takis Mousafiris Takis Mousafiris (; 1936 – 11 March 2021) was a Greek composer, lyricist and songwriter. He collaborated with several notable Greek singers such as Stratos Dionysiou, Dimitris Mitropanos, Rita Sakellariou and Tolis Voskopoulos, among others ...

, 84, Greek Aromanian composer and songwriter, cancer. * 14 March **

Aurora Cornu Aurora Cornu (6 December 1931 – 14 March 2021) was a Romanian-born French writer, actress, film director, and translator. Her best known role is that of Aurora in Éric Rohmer's ''Claire's Knee''. Biography She was born in Provița de Jos, Prah ...

, writer and the first wife of

Marin Preda Marin Preda (; 5 August 1922, Siliștea Gumești, Teleorman County, Kingdom of Romania – 16 May 1980, Mogoșoaia, Ilfov County], Socialist Republic of Romania) was a Romanian novelist, post-war writer and director of Cartea Românească p ...

(born 1931) * 16 March **

Líviusz Gyulai Líviusz Gyulai (December 2, 1937 – March 16, 2021) was a Hungarian people, Hungarian graphic artist, printmaker, illustrator. Biography Born at Baraolt

, 83, Romanian-born Hungarian graphic designer. * 18 March **

Zeev Aram Zeev Aram (5 October 1931 – 18 March 2021) was a British furniture and interior designer. He was the founder and chairman of Aram Designs Ltd, a modern furniture store in London's Covent Garden serving both the retail and contract market ...

, 89, Romanian-born British furniture designer. * 26 March **

Cornelia Catangă Cornelia Catangă (9 March 1958 – 26 March 2021) was a Romanian lăutar musician of Roma origin. Biography In 1979, she sang for a short time with Romica Puceanu. In 1985 she had her first show at the Polyvalent Hall. Since 1986 she toured ...

, Romanian

fiddle A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including European classical music, classical music. Althou ...

-singer (born 1958) * 28 March **

Constantin Simirad Constantin Simirad (13 May 1941 – 28 March 2021) was a Romanian politician and academic. Biography Simirad was born on 13 May 1941 in Coțușca, Botoșani County. He graduated from Iași National College and the University of Iași. He first ...

, 79, Romanian politician, mayor of

(1992–2003) and diplomat, ambassador to Cuba (2003–2006), COVID-19.

April

* 2 April ** Nelu Ploieșteanu, Romanian fiddle-singer (born 1950) **

Gabi Luncă Gabi Luncă (16 October 1938 – 2 April 2021), often regarded as "Queen of lăutărească music", was a Romanian-Romani lăutar musician. Born in Vărbilău, Prahova County, Romania, she was also a folk singer. Life Her father was also part ...

, Romanian fiddle-singer (born 1938) * 3 April ** Remus Câmpeanu, Romanian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

(born 1938) * 7 April ** Paul Popovici, 72, Romanian football player ( Bihor Oradea,

UTA Arad Asociația Fotbal Club UTA Arad (), commonly known as UTA Arad or simply UTA (''Uzina Textilă Arad''; ), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Arad, Arad County that competes in the Liga I. The team was founded in 1945 ...

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) and manager, heart attack. * 15 April ** Aleksandr Churilin, 74, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Romania (2006–2011). * 19 April ** Marin Voinea, 85, Romanian footballer ( Progresul București,

Siderurgistul Galați Siderurgistul Galați was a football club based in Galaţi, Romania. It was founded in 1955 and dissolved in 1967. History The club was founded in 1955 as ''Dinamo Galați'' and in 1961 it was renamed to CSO Galați, and afterwards to Siderurg ...

). * 29 April ** Gabriela Eminovici, cardiologist and chief doctor of the Cardiology I section of the Sibiu County Emergency Hospital. * 30 April ** , founder of the modern Romanian cardiovascular surgery school (born 1927)

May

* 12 May ** , Romanian writer and translator (born 1932) * 20 May **

Ion Dichiseanu Ion Dichiseanu (20 October 1933 – 20 May 2021) was a Romanian actor. He was known, among other things, for playing in ''Kampf um Rom'', ''Titanic Waltz'' and ''Mofturi 1900''. Dichiseanu died in the Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest on 20 May 2 ...

, Romanian actor (born 1933) ** , president of the Romanian Farmers' Association, former secretary of state in the Ministry of Agriculture and vice-president of the

People's Movement Party The People's Movement Party (, PMP) is an extra-parliamentary national-conservative and social conservative political party in Romania. History The PMP was created as a political foundation in March 2013 by supporters of then incumbent sta ...

(born 1955) * 31 May ** Andreea Bollengier, 46, Romanian-born French chess player,

Woman International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(2000).

June

* 4 June **

Yosef Govrin Yosef Govrin (; 18 December 1930 – 4 June 2021) was an Israeli diplomat who served in Israel's Foreign Service between 1953 and 1995. Biography Early life Born, 18 Dec. 1930, Czernowitz, North Bucovina (then Romania, now Ukraine) to his l ...

, 90, Israeli diplomat, ambassador to Romania (1985–1989) and to Austria, Slovakia, and Slovenia (1993–1995). * 6 June ** Aby Har Even, 84, Romanian-Israeli engineer, complications from arson injuries. * 10 June **

Gheorghe Staicu Gheorghe "Gigi" Staicu (18 December 1935 – 10 June 2021) was a Romanian professional football player and manager who played for Steaua București, having developed in the club's academy.

, 85, Romanian football player ( Steaua București) and manager (

Universitatea Cluj Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the L ...

). * 19 June ** Adrian Cernea, former national rally champion. * 28 June ** Ivan Bordi, 83, Romanian Olympic water polo player (

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...

). ** , Romanian journalist (born 1950)

July

* 4 July **

Luminița Gheorghiu Luminița Gheorghiu (; 1 September 1949 – 4 July 2021) was a Romanian film and stage actress and artistic performer in East Central Europe. She achieved international recognition for her roles in '' The Death of Mr. Lazarescu'' (2006) and '' ...

, Romanian actress (born 1949) * 11 July ** George Ciamba, Romanian diplomat (born 1965) * 12 July **

Joshua Perper Joshua Perper (December 17, 1932 – July 12, 2021) was a noted forensic pathologist and toxicologist. He served as the Chief Medical Examiner of Broward County, Florida for seventeen years, during which time he conducted autopsies on a number of ...

, 88, Romanian-born American pathologist and toxicologist, chief medical examiner of

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(1994–2011). * 23 July ** , Romanian singer (born 1949)La mulți ani, Doru Stănculescu
/ref> * 29 July **

Valer Săsărman Valer Săsărman (25 August 1969 – 29 August 2021) was a Romanian professional footballer who played as a defender. Săsărman started his career at Laminorul Beclean, but played for the rest of it for Gloria Bistrița, appearing in 329 Divi ...

, Romanian footballer (born 1969)

August

* 13 August **

Vladimir Mendelssohn Vladimir Mendelssohn (29 November 1949 – 13 August 2021) was a Romanian composer, violist, and professor. He had served as Director of the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival since August 2005. Biography Mendelssohn was born into a family of musician ...

, 71, Romanian composer and violist. * 25 August **

Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei ( Hungarian: Ilona Gyulai, 12 June 1946 – 25 August 2021) was a Romanian foil fencer. She competed at the 1964, 1968, 1972, and 1976 Olympics and won team bronze medals in 1968 and 1972, placing fifth in 1964. She ...

, 75, Romanian fencer, Olympic bronze medallist (

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

). * 29 August **

, 52, Romanian football player ( Gloria Bistrița) and manager (

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), stroke.

September

* 5 September **

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 ...

, Romanian actor and politician (born 1942) **

Ivan Patzaichin Ivan Patzaichin (; 26 November 1949 – 5 September 2021) was a Romanian canoe racing coach and sprint canoeist. He took part in all major competitions between 1968 and 1984, including five consecutive Olympics, and won seven Olympic and 22 worl ...

, Romanian canoe sprinter olympic (born 1949) * 17 September ** Constantin Olteanu, 75, Romanian footballer (

Argeș Pitești Arges or Argeș may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Romania * Argeș County, a county in Muntenia, with its capital at Pitești * Argeș Region, an administrative division from 1950 to 1952 * Argeș River, which flows through the Southern ...

), Olympic team (1972). * 20 September ** Pavel Țugui, 99, Romanian political activist and literary historian. (death announced on this date)

October

* 2 October **

Ladislaus Löb Ladislaus Löb (8 May 1933 – 2 October 2021) was a writer, translator, Holocaust survivor, scholar of the literature and drama of the German Enlightenment and professor emeritus of German at the University of Sussex in England. He was the auth ...

, 88, Romanian-born Swiss Germanist and Holocaust survivor. * 3 October **

Dan Petrescu Daniel "Dan" Vasile Petrescu (; born 22 December 1967) is a Romanian football manager and former player who is currently in charge of Liga I club CFR Cluj. As a player, Petrescu was deployed as a full-back or a winger and began his career a ...

, 68, Romanian businessman,

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. * 10 October **

Cornel Drăgușin Cornel Drăgușin (26 March 1926 – 10 October 2021) was a Romanian football manager who coached the national teams of Iraq, Syria and Romania. He was director of the Romanian FA coaching school from 1990 to 2002, until being replaced by Mirce ...

, 95, Romanian football player ( Steaua București) and manager ( Iraq national team, Syria national team). * 16 October ** Coleta de Sabata, 86, Romanian engineer, rector of

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(1981–1989). * 21 October **

Gurie Georgiu Bishop Gurie (secular name Grigore Georgiu; 31 December 1968 – 21 October 2021) was a Romanian prelate and member of the of the Romanian Orthodox Church. He served as the first Bishop of the Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara from its establishme ...

, Romanian

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prelate, first Bishop of the Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara (born 1968) * 27 October ** Ludovic Zanoni, 86, Romanian Olympic cyclist (

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Janu ...

). * 28 October **

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, 72, Romanian writer and intelligence officer. * 31 October **

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, 89, Romanian 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, Spain, ...

(2004–2016).

November

* 1 November **

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, Romanian chemist, professor at the

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(born 1940). * 4 November **

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, 91, Romanian politician,

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(1990–1992). * 13 November **

Dragoș Petre Dumitriu Dragoș Petre Dumitriu (17 February 1964 – 13 November 2021) was a Romanian politician and journalist. He was a member of the Greater Romania Party and served in the Chamber of Deputies from 2004 to 2008. Dumitriu contracted COVID-19 ...

, 57, Romanian journalist and politician,

(2004–2008), post-COVID-19 heart attack.

December

* 10 December ** Constantin Năsturescu, 81, Romanian footballer (

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, Progresul Brăila,

). * 23 December **

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, 98, Romanian historian. * 27 December ** Victor Socaciu, Romanian folk singer, composer and politician (born 1953)Doliu în lumea artistică: Victor Socaciu a murit
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