2008 in Romania

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Events from the year 2008 in Romania.

Incumbents

• President: Traian Băsescu ^[1]
• Prime Minister: Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (until 22 December); Emil Boc (from 22 December) ^{[2] [3]}

Events

• April 2 – A NATO summit takes place at the Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest. ^[4]
• May - Never Mind the Balkans, Here's Romania story collection is published. ^[5]
• June 1 – 2008 Romanian local elections, with a runoff for mayors on June 15. ^[6]
• 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. ^[7]
• November 24 – Another miner dies at Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest, raising the death toll from the Petrila Mine disaster to 13. ^[8]
• November 30 – 2008 Romanian legislative election. ^[9]

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 2008

George Emil Palade

• January 3 – Petru Dugulescu, pastor, politician (born 1945)
• January 22 – Ștefan Niculescu, composer (born 1927)
• February 18 – Mihaela Mitrache, actress (born 1955) ^[10]
• 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) ^[11]

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

1. Eugen Tomiuc (13 December 2004). "Romania: Basescu Wins Presidential Vote, Vows To Fight Corruption". Radio Free Europe. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
2. "Boc Government OK'd by Parliament, with 324 votes in favor and 115 against". Financiarul. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
3. Radu Marinas and Luiza Ilie (2008-12-22). "Romania centre-left gov't sworn in to tackle crisis". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
4. Bucharest to host 2008 NATO Summit, NATO, 27 April 2007
5. Paget, John (1853). Hungary and Transylvania; with remarks on their condition, social, political, and economical. London. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
6. "Early Parliamentary Elections, 1 June 2008". www.osce.org. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
7. Chron (English)
8. "Death toll in Romanian mine blast rises to 13". Reuters. 2008-11-24. Retrieved 2025-09-12.
9. Maxfield, Ed (2009-11-01). "Election Report, Romania's Parliamentary Elections, 30 November 2008" . Journal of Representative Democracy. 45 (4): 485–493. doi:10.1080/00344890903257706. ISSN   0034-4893.
10. "A murit actrita Mihaela Mitrache". Ziare.com (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-12-22.
11. "In Memoriam: Nobel Prize Winner George Palade, Established Cell Biology at Yale | Yale News". news.yale.edu. 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2024-12-22.

External links

• Media related to 2008 in Romania at Wikimedia Commons