1993 in Romania

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Events from the year 1993 in Romania.

Incumbents

• President of Romania: Ion Iliescu
• Prime Minister of Romania: Nicolae Văcăroiu

Events

January

• 26 January – George Homoștean  [ ro ] is arrested in "The Bus" case Romanian : Dosarul "Autobuzul"), about a 1981 operation where 6 bus passengers were murdered. ^[1]

February

• 6 February – A former interior minister and seven police officers confess about having had taken part in "The Bus" Operation  [ ro ] of 1981. ^[2]
• 8 February – Gheorghe Vîlceanu  [ ro ] replaces Doru Viorel Pană  [ ro ] as prefect of Bucharest. ^[3]

March

• 24 March – The government decides to establish a Council for National Minorities, a governmental body. ^[4]
• 31 March – The National Salvation Front fuses with the Democratic Party (Romanian : Partidul Democrat). ^[5]
• April – Telefónica Romania, the first mobile phone operator in Romania, launches the Telemobil service. ^[6]

April

• 14 April – The Council for National Minorities, representative of 17 ethnic groups living in Romania, is established. ^[4]

May

• 23 May – The National Salvation Front officially renames itself to Democratic Party (FSN) (Romanian : Partidul Democrat (FSN)). ^[7]

June

• 9-10 June – The Democratic National Salvation Front absorbs the Republican Party (Romanian : Partidul Republican), the Cooperatist Party (Romanian : Partidul Cooperatist) and the Socialist Democratic Party, renaming itself into the Romanian Social Democratic Party. ^[8] Oliviu Gherman is reelected the party's president and Adrian Năstase is elected executive president. ^[9]

July

• 1 July – The Democratic Party (FSN) creates the Social-Democratic Alliance (Romanian : Alianța Social-Democrată, ASD) with the Traditional Social-Democratic Party (Romanian : Partidul Social-Democrat Tradițional, PDST). ^[7]

August

• 28 August – Prime minister Nicolae Văcăroiu replaces 4 ministers of his cabinet. ^[10]

September

• 15 September – The visit of Hungarian foreign minister Géza Jeszenszky in Romania starts. ^[11]
• 16 September – Hungarian minister of foreign affairs Géza Jeszenszky and his Romanian counterpart, Teodor Meleșcanu, sign a treaty on the promotion and protection of investments and an agreement to avoid double tax imposition. ^[12]
• 19 September – The visit of Hungarian foreign minister Géza Jeszenszky in Romania ends. ^[13]

October

• 12 October – Virgil Măgureanu is named head of the Romanian Intelligence Service. ^[14]
• 22 October – A bust of marshal Ion Antonescu is inaugurated in Slobozia. ^[15] The inauguration of the statue was attended by Mihai Ungheanu  [ ro ], state secretary in the Ministry of Culture, and member of parliament Corneliu Vadim Tudor. ^[16]

November

• 18 November – About 50,000 people march through Bucharest to protest the economic deterioration of Romania. ^[17]
• 29 November – Romanian singer Ioan Luchian Mihalea is murdered. ^{[18] [19]}

Births

• 17 August – Alexandru Albu, footballer. ^[20]

Deaths

• 14 September – Geo Bogza, Romanian poet, essayist, and journalist, titular member of the Romanian Academy (born 1908). ^[21]
• 4 October – Dumitru Stăniloae, Romanian Orthodox priest and theologian, titular member of the Romanian Academy (born 1903).
• 18 December – Gheorghe Cozorici, actor (born 1933). ^[22]

References

Citations

1. Diac, Mihai (25 May 2010). "Cum a ajuns Președinția României să decoreze un fost condamnat în dosarul "Autobuzul"". Adevărul (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 3 June 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
2. Pâslaru, Gabriel (6 February 1993). "Former Communists Confess to Participation in 1981 Bus Shooting". Associated Press . Retrieved 8 September 2022.
3. HOTĂRÎRE nr. 51 din 3 februarie 1993 privind eliberarea și numirea în funcția de prefect al municipiului București și sectorului agricol Ilfov (Decision) (in Romanian). 3 February 1993.
4. Treptow, Kurt W.; Popa, Marcel (1996). "Historical Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Romania. Scarecrow Press. p. xliv. ISBN   0-8108-3179-1.
5. Cernicova (2000), p. 49.
6. "Suntel pierde războiul cabinelor telefonice". www.capital.ro (in Romanian). 19 April 2001. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
7. Cernicova (2000), p. 50.
8. Cernicova (2000), p. 58.
9. Gavril, Ionela (17 October 2015). Plugaru, Horia (ed.). "Congresele PSD (1990-2015)". Agerpres (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
10. Rodina, Vladimir (28 August 1993). "Romanian premier reshuffles government". UPI. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
11. "Romanian politician demands cancellation of Hungarian visit". UPI. 9 September 1993. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
12. Rodina, Vladimir (16 September 1993). "Jeszenszky demands Hungarian minority's rights be fully met". UPI. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
13. "Udvardy Frigyes - A romániai magyar kisebbség történeti kronológiája 1990-2006". Erdélyi Magyar Adatbank (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
14. HOTĂRÂRE nr. 35 din 12 octombrie 1993 privind numirea directorului Serviciului Român de Informații (Decision) (in Romanian). 12 October 1993.
15. Simion, Adrian (2015). "Personalitatea mareșalului Antonescu reflectată în paginile revistei România Mare în perioada anilor 1990-2000" [Marshal Antonescu's Personality Reflected in the Pages of România Mare, 1990-2000](PDF). Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis. p. 558. ISSN   2066-9143. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
16. Codrescu, Andrei (7 December 1993). "Fascism on a Pedestal" . The New York Times . p. 27 A. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
17. Perlez, Jane (24 November 1993). "Bleak Romanian Economy Growing Ever Bleaker" . The New York Times . Retrieved 8 September 2022.
18. Bădulescu, Mariana (28 November 2013). "Ioan Luchian Mihalea, un artist care ținea 100 de oameni în mâinile cu care dirija". Agerpres (in Romanian). Retrieved 8 September 2022.
19. Rotaru, Diana (15 December 2016). "Ultimele 24 de ore ale lui Ioan Luchian Mihalea. Artistul ar fi împlinit astăzi 65 de ani". Jurnalul Național (in Romanian). Retrieved 8 September 2022.
20. Alexandru Albu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
21. Mircea Popa, "Geo Bogza, insurgentul", in Familia , Vol. V, Nr. 11-12 (480–481), November–December 2005
22. Stănilă, Ionela (18 December 2023). "Gheorghe Cozorici, actorul cu voce superbă, care a iubit aceeași femeie ca Jean Constantin: "Am suflat-o eu"". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 August 2024.

Sources

• Cernicova, Mariana; Bucă, Marin (October 2000). Dicționarul vieții publice timișene postdecembriste 1989-2000: partide, organizații, personalități (in Romanian). Reșița: Editura Intergraf. ISBN   9789739725835. OCLC   915186629.

External links

• Media related to 1993 in Romania at Wikimedia Commons