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.^[1][2]

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.^[3]
• 10 February – Former commander of Râmnicu Sărat Penitentiary Alexandru Vișinescu is sentenced to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity,^[4] becoming the first communist torturer to be convicted in Romania.^[5]
• 16 February
  • The warmest day of February of the last 55 years, with temperatures 18 °C higher than the normal in Bucharest.^[6]
  • 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.^[7]

Sports

• 2 March – 2015–16 Cupa României: 1st leg semi-final
• 20 April – 2015–16 Cupa Romaniei: 2nd leg semi-final
• 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 – 32 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.^[8]
• 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.^[9]
• 4–7 August – The second edition of Untold Festival will take place in Cluj-Napoca.^[10]

Deaths

January

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

February

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

March

Iolanda Balaș

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

April

Mircea Albulescu

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

References

1. "Preşedintele Klaus Iohannis a PROMULGAT legea care interzice fumatul în spaţii publice". Mediafax. 29 January 2016.
2. "Legea antifumat a fost promulgată". Digi24. 29 January 2016.
3. "5 morti si 28 de raniti, dupa ce un autobuz a lovit o autobasculanta pe Centura Ploiestiului. Ce au declarat victimele". Stirile Pro TV. 5 February 2016.
4. "Tortionarul Visinescu, condamnat definitiv la inchisoare cu executare. Unde si-ar putea ispasi pedeapsa". Stirile Pro TV. 10 February 2016.
5. "Primul torţionar comunist condamnat. Vişinescu, 20 de ani de închisoare. A fost ridicat de polițiști". Realitatea.net. 10 February 2016.
6. "Cea mai caldă zi de februarie din ultimii 55 de ani. Oraşul în care temperaturile sunt cu 18 grade peste valorile normale". Gândul. 16 February 2016.
7. "Cazul bebelusilor infectati: Al treilea copil a murit la Marie Curie". Ziare.com. 16 February 2016.
8. Petronius Craiu (29 October 2015). Florin Marin, ed. "Lara Fabian revine în România în 2016 cu două concerte". Agerpres.
9. Victor Arvunescu (3 January 2016). "Concertele anului 2016: Queen cu Adam Lambert, Charles Aznavour şi Brian May, pentru prima oară în România". Adevărul.
10. "Untold Festival - 4-7 August 2016, Cluj-Napoca, Romania". Untold Festival.