2008 in Romania

Events from the year 2008 in Romania.

Incumbents

• President: Traian Băsescu
• Prime Minister: Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (until 22 December); Emil Boc (from 22 December)

Events

• April 2 – A NATO summit takes place at the Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest.
• May - Never Mind the Balkans, Here's Romania story collection is published.
• June 1 – 2008 Romanian local elections, with a runoff for mayors on June 15.
• November 15 – Petrila Mine disaster: Twelve miners die after two explosions at a mine in Petrila, one of six coal mining cities in the Jiu Valley region of Hunedoara County.
• November 24 – Another miner dies at Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest, raising the death toll from the Petrila Mine disaster to 13.
• November 30 – 2008 Romanian legislative election.

Deaths

• January 3 – Petru Dugulescu, pastor, politician (born 1945)
• January 22 – Ștefan Niculescu, composer (born 1927)
• February 18 – Mihaela Mitrache, actress (born 1955)
• August 16 – Elena Leușteanu, Olympic gymnast (born 1935)
• September 7 – Ilarion Ciobanu, actor (born 1931)
• September 14 – Ștefan Iordache, actor (born 1941)
• October 8 – George Emil Palade, cell biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)

See also

• List of Romanian films of 2008
• 2008 in the European Union
• 2008 in Europe
• Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
• Romania at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Romania at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

References

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