2007 in Romania
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Events from the year 2007 in Romania.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 1 January – Romania becomes a member state of the European Union, together with neighbouring Bulgaria.[3]
- 5 April – The second Tăriceanu cabinet was sworn in, as a PNL-UDMR minority government (unlike in the preceding cabinet, the PD and the PC are not part of the coalition).
- 19 April – President Traian Băsescu was suspended by the Romanian Parliament, of which members accused him of violating the Constitution of Romania even though the Constitutional Court didn't find any evidence of such violation.[4] With this suspension, Băsescu became the first president of Romania in its history since 1989 that was suspended at least once.
- 19 May – 2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum: 75.06% of the referendum voters voted for Traian Băsescu to remain President, while the other 24.94% voted for the impeachment.
- 30 August – The case of what could become among the most covered of the kind in the history of Romanian mass media, the disappearance of Elodia Ghinescu, begins.[5]
- 14 September – 2 dead and 15 injured after an explosion occurred in a block of flats in Zalău, Sălaj County.[6]
- 25 November:
- 2007 European Parliament election in Romania: The Democratic Party wins the first election for the European Parliament in Romania with 28.81% of all votes (13 seats). The Social Democratic Party came in second with 23.11% (10 seats), followed by the PNL (13.44%, 6 seats), PLD (7.78%, 3 seats) and UDMR (5.52%, 2 seats).
- 2007 Romanian electoral system referendum: 81.36% of voters of the referendum voted "for" the changing of the Romanian electoral system to a two-round system. The voter turnout was 26.51%, causing the referendum to be invalid.
- 15 December – The Democratic Party (PD) and the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD) parties have merged to form the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL).[7]
Births
[edit]- 28 January – Amalia Ghigoarță, artistic gymnast[8]
Deaths
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- 9 January – Ion Dincă, communist politician and former Mayor of Bucharest (born 1928)[9]
- 21 January – Maria Cioncan, runner and medalist at 2004 Summer Olympics (born 1977)[10]
- 17 April – János Szántay, Olympic fencer (born 1922)[11]
- 17 April – Gil Dobrică, singer (born 1946)
- 26 April – Florea Dumitrache, footballer (born 1948)[12]
- 7 May – Octavian Paler, Romanian writer, journalist, politician and activist.[13]
- 8 June – Adrian Pintea, actor (born 1954)
- 26 July – Mircea Puta, mathematician (born 1950)
- 26 October – Nicolae Dobrin, footballer (born 1947)[14]
- 8 December – Ioan Fiscuteanu, theater and film actor (born 1937)[15]
- 14 December – Mihai Pelin, writer and historian (born 1940)[16]
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ Eugen Tomiuc (13 December 2004). "Romania: Basescu Wins Presidential Vote, Vows To Fight Corruption". Radio Free Europe. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ↑ "Romania's prime minister names new Cabinet of minority government", Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), 2 April 2007.
- ↑ "Romania and Bulgaria join the EU". BBC News. 2007-01-01.[dead link]
- ↑ "Romania's MPs suspend president". BBC News. 2007-04-19.
- ↑ "Șase ani de la dispariția avocatei Elodia Ghinescu: cel mai mediatizat eveniment din România ultimilor ani". Adevărul (in Romanian). 2013-08-29.
- ↑ "Explozie devastatoare la Zalău: 2 morți, 15 răniți". România liberă (in Romanian). 2007-09-14.
- ↑ "PD si PLD fuzioneaza in Partidul Democrat Liberal". România liberă (in Romanian). 2007-12-03.
- ↑ "Amalia Alexandra Ghigoarță". Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (in Romanian). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ↑ Mihu, Laurentiu; Dabija, Tatiana (January 11, 2007). "A murit odată cu comunismul". Evenimentul Zilei (in Romanian). Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ↑ "Maria Cioncan". World Athletics. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ↑ "Ion Santo Olympic Results". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ↑ Florea Dumitrache at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ "Paler, Octavian". id.loc.gov. Library of Congress.
- ↑ "Nicolae Dobrin". eu-football.info. European Football. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ↑ "'Domnul Lăzărescu' va fi înmormântat marți la Cimitirul Central din Târgu-Mureș". www.amosnews.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ↑ "Pelin, Mihai". id.loc.gov. Library of Congress.
External links
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Media related to 2007 in Romania at Wikimedia Commons
Romania at Wikinews
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