2016 in Romania

Incumbents

• President: Klaus Iohannis
• Prime Minister: Dacian Cioloș

  Events

January

• 29 January – President Klaus Iohannis promulgates a law banning smoking in public areas, two days after the 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 imprisonment 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 the Colectiv nightclub fire reaches 64, almost five months after the tragedy.

  May

• 9 May – Minister of Health Patriciu Achimaș-Cadariu resigns due to mismanagement of the diluted disinfectants crisis.
• 12 May – US and NATO officials activate a land-based missile defense 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

• June 1 – About 10,000 employees in the education system protest in Bucharest, demanding the resignation of the Cioloș Cabinet, dissatisfied with the teacher pay scale proposed by the Government.
• June 5 - Local elections are held across Romania. The Social Democratic Party comes in first with 38.98% of mayor seats nationwide, including Bucharest, followed by the National Liberal Party with 31.50%.

  July

• June 5 - Prime Minister Dacian Cioloş announces a cabinet shuffle as the four ministers are replaced. The new ministers took office on July 7.

  September

• September 13 – French President François Hollande begins a one-day state visit to Romania, the first state visit by a French president since François Mitterrand came to Romania in 1991.
• September 24 – A magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes Vrancea County, with tremors being felt as far as Bucharest and the Republic of Moldova. This is the largest deep earthquake since 2009.

  November

• 5 November – A 29-car pile-up on Sun Motorway results in four deaths and nearly 60 injuries.

  December

• 2 December - A shooting left at least 3 people dead including the gunman and another 2 were injured. The shooting occurred in Palilula a village in Dolj County.
• 11 December - 2016 Romanian legislative election

  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, 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
• January 7 – Cristian Moisescu, Mayor of Arad
• January 10 – Teofil Codreanu, footballer
• January 12 – Melania Ursu, actress
• January 16 – Theodor Danetti, actor
• January 17 – Ion Panțuru, bobsledder
• January 18 – Silvia Kerim, journalist and children's books writer
• January 22 – Constantin Mihail, athletics coach
• January 23 – Elisabeta Polihroniade, chess player
• January 26 – Aurora Dumitrescu, history teacher and political prisoner
• January 27 – Elena Negreanu, actress and film director
• January 31 – Miron Chichișan, Mayor of Zalău

  February

• February 9 – Alexandru Vulpe, historian and archaeologist, member of Romanian Academy
• February 10 – Stan Gheorghiu, football player and coach
• February 16 – Mircea Costache II, handball player
• February 17 – Gelu Barbu, ballerino and choreographer
• February 18 – Rudolf Fischer, historian and linguist
• February 21 – Pascal Bentoiu, composer and musicologist
• February 28 – Gheorghe Blănaru, writer

  March

• March 3 – Gheorghe Tokay, politician
• March 8
• * Chiriac Bucur, writer and diplomat
• * Sorin Toma, journalist and politician
• March 11 – Iolanda Balaș, Olympic high jumper
• March 17
• * Solomon Marcus, mathematician, member of Romanian Academy
• * Paula Sorescu-Lucian, theatre actress
• March 18 – Șerban Iliescu, journalist and linguist
• March 26 – Radu Mareș, writer
• March 27 – Mihail Coculescu, endocrinologist, member of Romanian Academy
• March 28 – Petru Mocanu, mathematician, member of Romanian Academy
• March 30 – Aristotel Stamatoiu, director of Romanian Intelligence Service

  April

• April 5 – Cornel Patrichi, ballerino, choreographer and actor
• April 6 – Nicolae Munteanu, sports journalist
• April 7 – Fane Spoitoru, businessman
• April 8 – Mircea Albulescu, actor
• April 13 – Márton Balázs, mathematician
• April 21 – Valeriu Cotea, oenologist, member of Romanian Academy
• April 25
• * Dumitru Antonescu, footballer
• * Neculai Rățoi, Mayor of Pașcani
• April 29 – Gianu Bucurescu, director of Securitate

  May

• May 13 – Doina Florica Ignat, politician, member of the Senate of Romania
• May 14 – Neculai Alexandru Ursu, linguist, philologist and literary historian
• May 17 – Alexandru Lăpușan, politician, Minister of Agriculture
• May 20
• * Vasile Duță, politician, member of the Senate of Romania
• * Bogdan Ulmu, theatre director and writer
• May 22 – Dan Condrea, businessman
• May 25 – József Tempfli, Roman Catholic bishop
• May 26 – Ted Dumitru, football manager
• May 30 – Andrei Ciontu, engineer
• May 31 - Mihail Gabriel Corgoja, economist

  June

• June 1 – Grigore Obreja, sprint canoeist
• June 5 – Lucian Gheorghiu, journalist
• June 6 – Mihai Dragolea, writer
• June 8
• * Alexandru Bizim, athletics coach
• * Gheorghe Buluță, philologist
• June 10 – Nicolae Păsărică, oină player
• June 11 – Sigismund Gram, footballer
• June 13
• *Viorel Mihai Ciobanu, jurist and university professor
• *Ioan-Liviu Negruț, politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania
• June 14 – Ilie Călian, journalist
• June 18
• * Mircea Chiorean, physician, co-founder of SMURD
• * Nae Cosmescu, theatre and television director
• June 19
• * Mihnea Berindei, historian
• * Nicolae Bocșan, historian
• * Victor Stănculescu, general officer and politician

  July

• July 1
• * Ion Ianoși, writer and essayist
• * Gheorghe Drobotă, rugby union player
• July 2 – Elie Wiesel, writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor
• July 8 – Dan Dermengiu, physician
• July 11 – Dale Băsescu, actor
• July 18 – Medi Wechsler Dinu, painter
• July 20
• * Radu Beligan, actor
• * Nicolae Duță, rugby union player
• July 21 – Alexandru Jidveianu, singer
• July 28 – Constantin Busuioceanu, director, editor and lecturer

  August

• August 1 – Queen Anne of Romania
• August 3 – Paul Gherasim, painter
• August 4 – Alexandru Mészáros, footballer
• August 5 – Ionel Lupu, dendrologist
• August 6 – Iosif Viehmann, speleologist
• August 7 – Nicolae Mărășescu, athletics coach and politician
• August 12 – Dénes Sándor, professor
• August 19 – Adrian Enescu, musician and composer
• August 21 – Marin Moraru, actor

  September

• September 1 – Victoria Darvai, folk singer
• September 25 – Niculae Mircovici, officer and politician
• September 26 – Ioan Gyuri Pascu, musician and actor
• September 27
• * Sebastian Papaiani, actor
• * Aurelian Preda, folk singer

  October

• October 4 – Ion Ochinciuc, writer and playwright
• October 9 – Marin Petrache Pechea, jazz singer and saxophonist
• October 19 – Radu Câmpeanu, politician
• October 20 – Valeriu Moisescu, theatre director and university professor
• October 21
• * Vasile Andru, writer, theoretician and essayist
• * Constantin Frățilă, footballer
• October 25
• * Margit Bara, actress
• * Dumitru Boabeș, politician
• October 27 – Nicolae Coman, composer, teacher, poet, translator and musicologist
• October 30 – Iustinian Chira, bishop

  November

December

• December 8 - Romulus Rusan, writer