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Events of 2019 in Romania.

Incumbents

• President: Klaus Iohannis
• Prime Minister: Viorica Dăncilă (until 4 November) · Ludovic Orban (since 4 November)
• President of the Senate: Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (until 2 September) · Teodor Meleșcanu (since 10 September)
• President of the Chamber of Deputies: Liviu Dragnea (until 27 May) · Marcel Ciolacu (since 29 May)

Events

January

• 1 January – Start of the 2019 Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

May

• 26 May
  • 2019 European Parliament election in Romania: The biggest opposition party – PNL – wins the vote in the country while the new opposition alliance made of USR and PLUS wins the vote in the big cities and diaspora. The senior ruling party – PSD – gets a score of under 24%, down from 37.6% in the previous election. Their coalition partners from ALDE drop under the 5% threshold.
  • The referendum against judicial amnesties reaches the required turnout to be valid.
• 27 May – The High Court of Cassation and Justice upholds the ruling sentencing Liviu Dragnea, leader of the governing PSD, for three and a half years in jail for of his involvement in the hiring of two fictitious workers in his electoral stronghold.
• 29 May – The Chamber of Deputies plenary elects Social Democrat Marcel Ciolacu as its President.

June

• 30 June – End of the 2019 Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

August

• 26 August – ALDE decides to leave the ruling coalition and join the opposition. As a result, three of its four ministers resign.

September

• 2 September – Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu resigns as President of the Senate.
• 10 September – Teodor Meleșcanu is elected President of the Senate with 73 votes against PNL candidate Alina Gorghiu.

October

• 10 October – Dăncilă Cabinet collapses after losing a no-confidence vote.

November

• 4 November – PNL leader Ludovic Orban is voted in as the new Prime Minister of Romania. PSD and PRO Romania officially boycott the vote.

Deaths

January

• 5 January – Emil Brumaru, writer and poet (b. 1938)
• 8 January – Cornel Trăilescu, conductor and composer (b. 1926)
• 20 January – Petre Milincovici, 82, Romanian Olympic rower (1960).
• 27 January – Henry Chapier, 85, Romanian-born French journalist and film critic.

February

• 3 February – Stephen Negoesco, 93, Romanian-American Hall of Fame soccer player and manager.

March

• 5 March – Doru Popovici, composer, musicologist, writer and journalist.
• 10 March – Gheorghe Naghi, director and actor (Telegrame).
• 18 March – Egon Balas, 96, Romanian mathematician.
• 20 March – Leonard Wolf, 96, Romanian-born American poet.
• 23 March – Tudor Caranfil, 87, Romanian film critic, TV producer and film historian.
• 24 March – Cornelia Tăutu, composer (b. 1938)

April

• 1 April – Vladimir Orloff, 90, Romanian-Canadian cellist and music teacher.
• 8 April – Josine Ianco-Starrels, 92, Romanian-born American art curator.
• 16 April – Valentin Plătăreanu, 82, Romanian actor and director.

May

• 20 May – Remus Opriș, 60, Romanian politician, MP (1992–2000).
• 25 May – Nicolae Pescaru, 76, Romanian footballer (Brașov, national team).

June

• 7 June – Elisabeta Ionescu, 66, Romanian Olympic handball player, world championship silver medalist (1973).
• 18 June – Pavel Chihaia, 97, Romanian novelist and political dissident.
• 20 June –
  • Dumitru Focșeneanu, 83, Romanian Olympic bobsledder (1972), stroke.
  • Alexa Mezincescu, 82, Romanian ballet dancer and choreographer.

July

• 4 July – Eva Mozes Kor, 85, Romanian-born American Holocaust survivor and author, founder of CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center.
• 25 July – Mihai Mandache, 58, Romanian Olympic swimmer (1980).
• 29 July – Traian Ivănescu, 86, Romanian football player and coach.
• 30 July – Marcian Bleahu, 95, Romanian geologist, writer and politician, Senator (1990–1992, 1996–2000) and Minister of the Environment (1991–1992).

August

• 1 August – Puși Dinulescu, 76, Romanian playwright and film director, heart attack.
• 3 August – Marcel Toader, 56, Romanian rugby union player (Steaua București, national team), heart attack.
• 8 August – Marius Todericiu, 49, Romanian football player (Brașov, Weismain) and manager (Darmstadt 98), suicide.
• 12 August – Florin Halagian, 80, Romanian football player (Dinamo București) and manager (Argeș Pitești, national team).

September

• 7 September – Sava Dumitrescu, pharmacologist (b. 1927)
• 18 September – Alexandru Darie, 60, Romanian theater director.

October

• 15 October – Tamara Buciuceanu, 90, Romanian actress (Silent Wedding, Everybody in Our Family), heart disease.
• 29 October – Mihai Constantinescu [ro], singer

November

• 2 November – Leo Iorga, 54, Romanian rock singer and guitarist, lung cancer.
• 3 November – Sorin Frunzăverde, 59, Romanian politician, MP (2007–2009) and Minister of National Defence (2000, 2006–2007), kidney disease.
• 5 November – Larion Serghei, 67, Romanian sprint canoer, Olympic bronze medalist (1976).
• 16 November – Bogdan Niculescu-Duvăz, 69, Romanian politician, MP (1990–2016).
• 20 November – Dorel Zugrăvescu, 88, Romanian geophysicist.

December

• 23 December – Georgeta Snegur, 82, Romanian-born Moldovan socialite, First Lady (1990–1997).

See also

• 2019 in the European Union
• Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

• Romania
• European Union
• Europe
• Current events
• Modern history

References

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4. Bogdan Neagu (27 May 2019). "Romanian ruling social-democrats suffer heavy loss". EurActiv.
5. Mădălin Necșuțu (27 May 2019). "Romania Justice Referendum Deals Blow to Ruling Party". Balkan Insight.
6. Luiza Ilie, Radu-Sorin Marinas (27 May 2019). "Romania's ruling party chief jailed for corruption". Reuters.
7. Anca Alexe (29 May 2019). "PSD MP Marcel Ciolacu elected speaker of Romanian Parliament's Chamber of Deputies". Business Review.
8. Andra Timu, Irina Vilcu (26 August 2019). "Romania Ruling Coalition Collapses in Bust-Up Over Presidency". Bloomberg.
9. Simona Iacob (2 September 2019). "Calin Popescu-Tariceanu resigns from position of Senate President". AGERPRES.
10. "Romania's former foreign affairs minister voted Senate president". Romania-Insider.com. 11 September 2019.
11. "Dancila's Romanian government falls in no-confidence vote". BBC News. 10 October 2019.
12. Valerie Hopkins (4 November 2019). "Ludovic Orban installed as Romania's prime minister". Financial Times.
13. "Romania's Parliament votes new Government led by liberal PM Ludovic Orban". Romania-Insider.com. 4 November 2019.
14. Poetul Emil Brumaru a plecat în „rezervaţia de îngeri“ (in Romanian)
15. Petru Milinkovics beigesetzt (in German)
16. Henry Chapier, l'animateur du “Divan”, est mort (in French)
17. Steve Negoesco, soccer coach who led USF to 4 national titles, dies at 93
18. ”Omagiu compozitorului și muzicologului Doru Popovici” (in Romanian)
19. Ne-a părăsit Gheorghe Naghi, regizorul comediilor cu Birlic şi Giugaru: „E total nedrept ca filmele să fie difuzate doar după ce protagoniştii lor ne părăsesc“ (in Romanian)
20. Remembering Egon Balas
21. Leonard Wolf
22. A murit Tudor Caranfil (in Romanian)
23. Andreescu, Crişan (28 March 2019). "Compozitoarea Cornelia Tăutu a murit. De ce era cunoscută". DCNews. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
24. Ukrainian-Born Canadian Cellist Vladimir Orloff Has Died – Aged 90
25. Josine Ianco-Starrels, curator who helped shape L.A. art scene, dies at 92
26. A murit actorul Valentin Plătăreanu, tatăl actriței Alexandra Maria Lara (in Romanian)
27. Remus Opriș, fost lider al PNȚCD, a murit luni (in Romanian)
28. Nicolae Pescaru a murit. Ne-a părăsit încă unul dintre fotbaliştii care au jucat la Mondialul din Mexic 1970 (in Romanian)
29. Rămas Bun, Elisabeta Ionescu (in Romanian)
30. A murit scriitorul constănţean Pavel Chihaia, autorul „Blocadei“, romanul scos de comunişti din librării şi topit (in Romanian)
31. Dumitru Focşeneanu a murit ieri. A făcut parte din echipajul de bob al României care a fost medaliat la campionatele mondiale și europene. A participat la Jocurile Olimpice din 1972 (in Romanian)
32. Selma Jeanne Cohen; Dance Perspectives Foundation (1998). International encyclopedia of dance: a project of Dance Perspectives Foundation, Inc. Oxford University Press. p. 386. ISBN 978-0-19-512309-8.
33. Eva Kor, a Holocaust survivor and forgiveness advocate, dies at 85
34. Mihai Mandache
35. Traian Ivănescu s-a stins din viață la 86 de ani (in Romanian)
36. Academicianul Marcian Bleahu a încetat din viață (in Romanian)
37. Dramaturgul şi regizorul Puşi Dinulescu a murit la vârsta de 76 de ani (in Romanian)
38. A murit Marcel Toader (in Romanian)
39. Marius Todericiu, găsit mort în Germania. Prima ipoteză a anchetatorilor (in Romanian)
40. Doliu în fotbalul românesc! A murit Florin Halagian! (in Romanian)
41. http://www.umfiasi.ro/umf/ie2/navigation.jsp?node=1330, Universitatea De Medicina Si Farmacie, Conducatori de doctorat. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
42. Director Alexandru Darie has passed away
43. A murit marea actriţă Tamara Buciuceanu Botez (in Romanian)
44. "Romanian singer Mihai Constantinescu dies after five-month coma". Romania-Insider.com. City Compass Media. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
45. A murit Leo Iorga, fostul solist al trupei Compact, la vârsta de 54 de ani (in Romanian)
46. A murit Sorin Frunzăverde, fost deputat și ministru din partea PD, la vârsta de 59 de ani (in Romanian)
47. Larion Serghei
48. Fostul ministru Bogdan Niculescu-Duvăz a murit. Avea 70 de ani (in Romanian)
49. Dr. Dorel Gheorghe Zugrăvescu (in Romanian)
50. A murit Georgeta Snegur, cea dintâi Prima Doamnă a Republicii Moldova Archived 1 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine (in Romanian)

External links

• Media related to 2019 in Romania at Wikimedia Commons

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