2008 in Romania
Events from the year 2008 in Romania.
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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.[1]
- 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.[2]
- 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)
- August 16 – Elena Leușteanu, Olympic gymnast (born 1935)
- September 14 – Ștefan Iordache, actor (born 1941)
- October 8 – George Emil Palade, cell biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)
See also
References
- Bucharest to host 2008 NATO Summit, NATO, 27 April 2007
- Chron (English)
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