2009 in Romania

Events from the year 2009 in Romania.

Incumbents

June 7 - 2009 European Parliament election in Romania
July 16 - Stadium Cluj Arena construction begins on the site of demolished Ion Moina Stadium.
November 24 - The Avdhela Project, an Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative, is launched in the Romanian Peasant Museum in Bucharest.
December 6 - 2009 Romanian presidential election
2009 - Badly affected by the late-2000s recession, the International Monetary Fund and other lenders agree to provide Romania a rescue package worth 20 billion Euros.

January 5 - Mircea StÃÂnescu, 39, Romanian politician, MP (2004Ã¢ÂÂ2008), apparent suicide by gunshot.
January 9 - IstvÃÂ¡n Antal, 50, Romanian Olympic ice hockey player, cardiac arrest.

February 8 Ã¢ÂÂ Marian Cozma, 26, Romanian handball player, stabbed.
February 27 Ã¢ÂÂ Manea MÃÂnescu, 92, 50th Prime Minister of Romania (1974Ã¢ÂÂ1979) (born 1916)

October 3 - Vasile Louis Puscas, 94, American Bishop of St George's in Canton in the Romanian Catholic Church.
October 13 - Paul BarbÃÂ NeagrÃÂ, 80, Romanian film director and essayist.
October 18
Ion Cojar, 78, Romanian actor and film director, Parkinson's disease.
Ovidiu MuÃÂetescu, 54, Romanian politician, cancer.
October 18 - Radu Timofte, 60, Romanian intelligence officer, director of the Romanian Intelligence Service (2001Ã¢ÂÂ2006), leukemia.
October 25 - Thea Segall, 80, Romanian photographer who lived in Venezuela since 1958 until her death.

November 10 - Gheorghe DinicÃÂ, 75, Romanian actor, cardiac arrest.
November 26 - Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, 60, Romanian Olympic fencer.
November 27 - Jacques Braunstein, 78, Romanian-born Venezuelan economist, publicist and jazz disc jockey, heart failure. (Spanish)

December 28 - ZoltÃÂ¡n HorvÃÂ¡th, 30, Romanian-born Hungarian basketball player, car accident.