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: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

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, ...

Prime Minister A prime minister 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. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 Presi ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 (politics), speaker in some other assemblies. The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's Order of succession, succes ...

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 ...

(until 29 June);

Alina Gorghiu Alina-Ștefania Gorghiu (; born 16 September 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 B ...

(since 29 June) (acting) *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

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 ru ...

: Valer Dorneanu (until 11 June); (since 11 June) *

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 ...

Ongoing events

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 ...

Moldovan–Romanian collaboration during the COVID-19 pandemic During the COVID-19 pandemic, Romania has supported Moldova on several occasions, supplying it with medical equipment and supplies, volunteer Romanian experts and doctors and even a series of COVID-19 vaccine units that arrived on 27 February 2021 ...

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 (, AUR) is a Right-wing populism, right-wing populist political party in Romania and Moldova. It was founded in 2019 ahead of the 2020 Romanian local elections, 2020 Romanian local and 2020 Romanian legisl ...

(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 human sexual anatomy, Human sexual activity, sexual activity, sexual reproduction, safe sex, birth ...

and the history of

the Holocaust The Holocaust (), known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as the (), was the genocide of History of the Jews in Europe, European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy ...

in the school curriculum, PNL deputy

Alexandru Muraru Iulian-Alexandru Muraru (born 20 May 1982) is a Romanian historian and politician of the National Liberal Party serving as a member of the Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and th ...

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) is a Romanian politician and civic activist. He is the founder and chairman of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), the second largest party in both houses of parliament since 2024 Rom ...

and

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

. **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 *1642 – En ...

: ** The Treaty between

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

and the

Kingdom of Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

regarding the transfer of sentenced persons and cooperation in applying sentences (), that was signed in

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

, Thai 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: Muhammad and his fol ...

–

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

: 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 Variants of SARS-CoV-2, 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 ...

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 Events Pre-1600 *27 BC – Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years. * 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the racing s ...

: **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 sec ...

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

. 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

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) stays below 75%. **A law that marks the National Day of Cancer Survivors () 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" () 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: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

. 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 *1761 – The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India b ...

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

20 January Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. *1156 – Finnish peasant Lalli kills English clergyman Henry (bishop of Finland), Henry, the Bishop of Turku, on the ice of Köyliönjärvi, Lake Köyli� ...

– General strike at

Societatea de Transport București Societatea de Transport București (STB; English: Bucharest Transport Company) is the main public transit operator in Bucharest, Romania, owned by the Municipality of Bucharest. From 1990 to 2018, the company had a different legal status and wa ...

(STB) leads to

metro Metro may refer to: Geography * Metro City (Indonesia), a city in Indonesia * A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center Public transport * Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urban area with high ...

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 Heraclius 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 b ...

–

: 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. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the ...

– 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 (France), Minister of the Armed Forces under President of the French Republic, President Emmanuel Macron from 2017 to 2022. A former member of th ...

, at

Cotroceni Palace Cotroceni Palace (Romanian language, 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 Mu ...

. *

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 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 ...

, 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), Mon ...

: ** The 2022 Romanian census 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 (), 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) 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 7 March 20 ...

(

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

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

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

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 ...

Mihai Chirica is suspended for 60 days after the

National Anticorruption Directorate The National Anticorruption Directorate (), formerly National Anticorruption Prosecution Office (), is the Romanian agency tasked with preventing, investigating and prosecuting Political corruption, corruption-related offenses (such as bribery, g ...

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

3 February Events Pre-1600 *1047 – Drogo of Hauteville is elected as count of the Apulian Normans during the Norman conquest of Southern Italy. * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, unitin ...

–

: 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 &nd ...

–

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

9 February Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire * 1003 – Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland. * 1098 – A First Crusade army led by ...

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

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

. ** The board of directors of the

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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 Municipalities of Romania, cities through the country. It also sometimes broadcasts documentary, documentarie ...

and

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

. *

10 February Events Pre-1600 * 1258 – The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire. *1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce m ...

: ** The

National Bank of Romania The National Bank of Romania (, 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 for the issue of the Romanian le ...

raises is

monetary policy Monetary policy is the policy adopted by the monetary authority of a nation to affect monetary and other financial conditions to accomplish broader objectives like high employment and price stability (normally interpreted as a low and stable rat ...

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 Moldavia, Romania. Today, it is best known as the birthplace of many celebrated Romanians, including Mihai Eminescu, Nicolae Iorga and Grigore Antipa. Origin of the ...

(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 () 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 P ...

– The

Chamber of Deputies (Romania) The Chamber of Deputies () is the lower house in Romania's bicameral parliament. It has 312 regular seats to which deputies are elected by direct popular vote using party-list proportional representation to serve four-year terms. Additionally, ...

votes on a bill for terminating the (, 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 ...

– 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. USR and

AUR AUR, or aur, may refer to: * Acute urinary retention * African Union of Railways * Alliance for Romanian Unity, a political alliance in the 1990s * Alliance for the Union of Romanians, a nationalist political party * American University of Rome * ...

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 o ...

–

Christine Lambrecht Christine Lambrecht (born 19 June 1965) is a German senior politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as the German Federal Minister of Defence in the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, from 2021 to 2023. In Chancellor Angel ...

, 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 Va ...

, 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 Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan. *1575 &ndas ...

– 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. * 845 – The 42 Martyrs of Amorium are killed after refusing to convert to Islam. *1204 – T ...

– 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 politician and lawyer who has been serving as the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Minister of Industry, Registrar General of Canada, and Minister responsible for the Economic D ...

, 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, Posthumous name, 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 Quedlinburg, annals of the mo ...

: **The justices of the

unaninmously reject the objections of unconstitutionality of USR,

and PSD 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 * 843 – Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the veneration of icons in the Orthodox churches in the Byzantine Empire. *1343 – Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last Bishop of Prague (3 March 1343 ...

: **

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vice president

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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 – Avar–Byzantine wars: 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 army is decimated by the plague. * 1282 &n ...

–

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 Education (Romania), Ministry of N ...

– 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 ...

, 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 h ...

– The president promulgates a law initiated by

liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * Generally, a supporter of the political philosophy liberalism. Liberals may be politically left or right but tend to be centrist. * An adherent of a Liberal Party (See also Liberal parties by country ...

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. Biography He was born in Apa, Szatmár County, the son of Mihai Luc ...

a "Hero of the Romanian Nation" (). *

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-Ferrares ...

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

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-type road opens in Romania, a 16 km long section of the DEx12 expressway, 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 * 801 – An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto, damaging the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura. *1091 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komn ...

– 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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(, MApN). As of 09:24

, the websites of the

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() – gov.ro,

– mapn.ro,

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() – 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 *830 – Theodora is crowned Byzantine empress and marries then emperor Theophilos in the Hagia Sophia. She is credited with restoring orthodoxy and the icons. * 1086 – Tutush, brother of Seljuk sultan Malik Shah, ...

– The National Day of Cancer Survivors () is marked for the first time.

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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 Belisarios sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily. * 1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mongols and Wuzong o ...

– The president promulgates a law marking the "Day of the Ie" () 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: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus ...

–

is relaunched at 7:00 EEST. *

23 June Events Pre-1600 * 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu. * 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships. *1280 – The Spanish Rec ...

– 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 Swimming (sport), swimmer who specializes in freestyle swimming, freestyle events and is the reigning Olympic champion in the Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 ...

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 Henri is the French form of the masculine given name Henry, also in Estonian, Finnish, German and Luxembourgish. Bearers of the given name include: People French nobles * Henri I de Montmorency (1534–1614), Marshal and Constable of France * ...

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 In the Roman Empire, () was a term that refe ...

and Mihai Covaliu, 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 Wei. * 1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi. *1170 – A major earthquake hits Syria, badly damaging tow ...

–

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 th ...

– The emergency ordinance compensating fuel providers with 25 bani/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. * 1167 – The Byzantines defeat the Hungarian army d ...

– 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. * 142 ...

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

Romanian Rugby Federation The Romanian Rugby Federation (), abbreviated as FRR, is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Romania. Romania currently comprises 24,610 players, 9,810 members of which are registered and 113 clubs in the whole country. History Th ...

. *

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 defeat ...

– 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 (), that is set to be headquartered in

Timișoara Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is consider ...

, 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: The ...

– Declic, an association, organizes a protest in Victory Square named "10 August – We won't forgive and we won't forget" () 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

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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 a ...

–

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, 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 general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna. * 489 – Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way i ...

–

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 c ...

– Romanian journalist Emilia Șercan reveals that education minister

plagiarised in a 2006 paper authored by him. *

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

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

November

2 November Events Pre-1600 * 619 – A qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate is assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals after the approval of Tang emperor Gaozu. *1410 – The Peace of Bicêtre suspends hostilities in the A ...

– Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania and

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merge into one party. The

Hungarian Alliance of Transylvania The Hungarian Alliance of Transylvania (; ) is a political party representing the Hungarian minority in Romania. The party was founded on 1 November 2022, by merge between Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania and Hungarian Civic Party. The ...

is founded. *

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 () extends the deadline for the

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by 193 days and forces the Romanian CNAIR () 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 t ...

–

foreign ministers meet in

December

* 5 December – Gemma Webb is appointed head of the RetuRO Directorate (), a

recycling mechanism. * 8 December – 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, ...

– The ambassador of Romania in Austria,

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, was summoned by the

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

Schengen Area The Schengen Area ( , ) encompasses European countries that have officially abolished border controls at their common borders. As an element within the wider area of freedom, security and justice (AFSJ) policy of the European Union (EU), it ...

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 Naupl ...

– 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 EET. Among the tackled topics are the extension of the European Union, the

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, 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 an earthquake, which cracks the dome of Hagia Sophia. * 835 – Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspires to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Ta ...

: ** 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

Parliament of Romania The Parliament of Romania () is the national Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of Romania, consisting of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania), Chamber of Deputies () and the Senate of Romania, Senate (). It meets at the Palace of the Parliament i ...

jointly approves the

's state budget for 2023. *

15 December Events Pre-1600 * 533 – Vandalic War: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum. * 687 – Pope Sergius I is elected as a compromise between antipopes Paschal and Theodo ...

– Subsection 1, Sibiu - Boița, of the Sibiu - Pitești section of the A1 motorway 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 Eastern Roman garrison. * 920 – Romanos I Le ...

–

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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

. *

–

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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 election begins, resulting in the election of Pope Boniface I. * 457 – Majorian is acclaimed as Western Roman emperor. * 484 – Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and becomes king of the Vi ...

– The

assents 35 localities and places to local interest resort status (). *

29 December Events Pre-1600 *1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church. *1 ...

– Authorities from the Romanian DIICOT 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 Events Pre-1600 *534 – The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire. *999 – Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a crushing ...

: ** The Bucharest Court () grants the DIICOT a 30 day preventive arrest period for the Tate brothers. ** 2022 Romanian census: 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 –

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, Romanian politician (born

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...

February

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

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) and manager.

March

* 28 March –

Mircea Tomuș Mircea Tomuș (9 January 1934 – 28 March 2022) was a Romanian writer and literary historian. Life Tomuș was born in Mociu, Cluj County, as the son of the priest Axente Tomuș and the teacher Ana Tomuș (born Coțofană). After graduating ...

, 88, Romanian writer and literary historian. * 31 March – Niculae Spiroiu, 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 (

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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, ...

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

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'', '' Trandafirul galben'', ''

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'').

May

* 7 May –

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, 56, Romanian footballer (

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, Gloria Bistrița,

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). * 15 May –

Șerban Valeca Șerban Constantin Valeca (23 June 1956–15 May 2022) was a Romanian politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he served in the Senate of Romania from 2008 to 2020. He died in Ștefănești, Argeș Ștefănești () is a town i ...

, 65, Romanian engineer and politician,

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(2000) and

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(2008–2020). * 18 May – Henry Mavrodin, 84, Romanian painter, designer and essayist. * 29 May – Virgil Dridea, 81, Romanian football player ( Petrolul Ploiești) and manager (

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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 ro ...

June

* 8 June –

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, 68, Romanian boxer, Olympic bronze medallist (

1976 Events January * January 2 – 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 18 – Full diplomatic ...

). * 17 June –

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, 81, Romanian actor ('' The Conjugal Bed'', '' The Last Assault'', '' Sand Cliffs''). * 18 June – Constantin Eftimescu, 70, Romanian footballer (

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Victoria București Victoria București was a Romanian football club based in Bucharest, founded in 1949 and dissolved right after the Romanian revolution of 1989. The club was sustained by the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs (the " Miliția", Police). In 198 ...

Delta Tulcea Fotbal Club Delta Tulcea, commonly known as Delta Tulcea, is a football club from Tulcea, Romania, originally founded in 1973, then refounded in 2005, 2013, and 2021. The club did not enroll in the 2024/25 Liga IV, and last played in the 2023� ...

). * 23 June – Leluț Vasilescu, 66, Romanian drummer.

July

* 1 July – Peter Imre, 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 12,761 as of 2021. 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 na ...

(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 (Romania), Democratic Party, he served in the Chamber of Deputies (Romania), Chamber of Deputies from September t ...

, 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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