2016 in Romania

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See also:	Other events of 2016 Timeline of Romanian history

Incumbents

• President: Klaus Iohannis
• Prime Minister: Dacian Cioloș

Events

January

• 29 January – President Klaus Iohannis promulgates the law banning smoking in public places, two days after CCR declared it constitutional.

February

• 5 February – Five people are killed and 28 seriously injured, after a bus and a tip lorry collide on the Western Belt of Ploiești.
• 10 February – Former commander of Râmnicu Sărat Penitentiary Alexandru Vișinescu is sentenced to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity, becoming the first communist torturer to be convicted in Romania.
• 16 February
  • The warmest day of February of the last 55 years, with temperatures 18 °C higher than the normal in Bucharest.
  • Three babies die and several dozens from Prahova, Dolj and Bucharest are hospitalized with HUS-associated symptoms after being infected with a bacterium of unknown provenance.

March

• 14 March – The death toll of Colectiv nightclub fire reaches 64, almost five months since the tragedy.

May

• 9 May – Minister of Health Patriciu Achimaș-Cadariu resigns due to mismanagement of diluted disinfectants crisis.
• 12 May – US and NATO officials activate a land-based missile defence station at Deveselu, part of a larger and controversial European shield.
• 29 May – 20 people are injured after a footbridge breaks during an electoral event in Plopu, Prahova County.

June

• 1 June – About 10,000 employees in the education system protest in Bucharest, demanding the resignation of Cioloș Cabinet, dissatisfied with the teacher pay scale proposed by the Executive.

Sports

• 2 March – 2015–16 Cupa României: 1st leg semi-final
• 20 April – 2015–16 Cupa Romaniei: 2nd leg semi-final
• 8 May – CSM București wins the Women's EHF Champions League trophy, after beating Győri Audi ETO KC by a score of 29–26 (13–12, 22–22), after overtime and 7-meter throws, in the final held at the László Papp Sports Arena in Budapest.
• 14 May – 2016 Cupa României Final
• 10 June – UEFA Euro 2016 Group A: France v. Romania
• 15 June – UEFA Euro 2016 Group A: Romania v. Switzerland
• 19 June – UEFA Euro 2016 Group A: Romania v. Albania
• 5–21 August – 88 members of the Romanian national team will compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Arts and entertainment

• Lara Fabian returns to Romania for two new concerts, in Cluj-Napoca, on 20 April, and Bucharest, on 22 April.
• 22 April – Romania is expelled from the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 after its national broadcaster TVR failed to pay debts dating back to 2007. This is the first time in the 61-year history of the Eurovision Song Contest a country is expelled from the competition.
• 18–22 May – The seventh edition of International Poetry Festival takes place in Bucharest, having as guests more than 100 poets from more than 20 countries.
• 11 June – Dutch violinist André Rieu and Johann Strauss Orchestra will concert in Bucharest.
• 21 June – Queen and Adam Lambert will concert for the first time in Romania, in the Constitution Square of Bucharest.
• 4–7 August – The second edition of Untold Festival will take place in Cluj-Napoca.

Deaths

January

• January 2 – George Alexandru, actor (b. 1957)
• January 7 – Cristian Moisescu, Mayor of Arad (1992–96) (b. 1947)
• January 10 – Teofil Codreanu, footballer (b. 1941)
• January 12 – Melania Ursu, actress (b. 1940)
• January 16 – Theodor Danetti, actor (b. 1926)
• January 17 – Ion Panțuru, bobsledder (b. 1934)
• January 22 – Constantin Mihail, athletics coach (b. 1945)
• January 23 – Elisabeta Polihroniade, chess player (b. 1935)
• January 26 – Aurora Dumitrescu, history teacher and political prisoner (b. 1932)
• January 27 – Elena Negreanu, actress and film director (b. 1918)
• January 31 – Miron Chichișan, Mayor of Zalău (1992–96) (b. 1945)

February

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

March

Iolanda Balaș

• March 3 – Gheorghe Tokay, politician (b. 1939)
• March 8 – Chiriac Bucur, writer and diplomat (b. 1932)
• March 11 – Iolanda Balaș, Olympic high jumper (b. 1936)
• March 17
  • Solomon Marcus, mathematician, member of Romanian Academy (b 1925)
  • Paula Sorescu-Lucian, theatre actress (b. 1942)
• March 18 – Șerban Iliescu, journalist and linguist (b. 1955)
• March 26 – Radu Mareș, writer (b. 1941)
• March 27 – Mihail Coculescu, endocrinologist, member of Romanian Academy (b. 1943)
• March 28 – Petru Mocanu, mathematician, member of Romanian Academy (b. 1931)
• March 30 – Aristotel Stamatoiu, director of Romanian Intelligence Service (1986–1990) (b. 1929)

April

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Mircea Albulescu

• April 5 – Cornel Patrichi, ballerino, choreographer and actor (b. 1944)
• April 6 – Nicolae Munteanu, sports journalist (b. 1922 or 1923)
• April 7 – Fane Spoitoru, businessman (b. 1959)
• April 8 – Mircea Albulescu, actor (b. 1934)
• April 13 – Márton Balázs, mathematician (b. 1929)
• April 21 – Valeriu Cotea, oenologist, member of Romanian Academy (b. 1926)
• April 25
  • Dumitru Antonescu, footballer (b. 1945)
  • Neculai Rățoi, Mayor of Pașcani (b. 1939)
• April 29 – Gianu Bucurescu, director of Securitate (1985–1989) (b. 1934)

May

• May 14 – Neculai Alexandru Ursu, linguist, philologist and literary historian (b. 1926)
• May 17 – Alexandru Lăpușan, politician, Minister of Agriculture (b. 1955)
• May 20
  • Vasile Duță, politician, member of the Senate of Romania (b. 1955)
  • Bogdan Ulmu, theatre director and writer (b. 1951)
• May 22 – Dan Condrea, businessman (b. 1975)
• May 25 – József Tempfli, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1931)
• May 26 – Ted Dumitru, football manager (b. 1939)

June

• June 1 – Grigore Obreja, sprint canoeist (b. 1967)