# 2016 in Romania

The following lists events in the year 2016 in Romania.

## Incumbents

* President: Klaus Iohannis
* Prime Minister: Dacian Cioloș

## Events
### January

* 29 January – President Klaus Iohannis promulgates a law banning smoking in public areas, two days after the CCR declared it constitutional.

### February

* 5 February – Five people are killed and 28 seriously injured after a bus and a tip lorry collide on the Western Belt of Ploiești.
* 10 February – Former commander of Râmnicu Sărat Penitentiary Alexandru Vișinescu is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for crimes against humanity, becoming the first communist torturer to be convicted in Romania.
* 16 February
** The warmest day of February of the last 55 years, with temperatures 18 °C higher than the normal in Bucharest.
** Three babies die and several dozens from Prahova, Dolj and Bucharest are hospitalized with HUS-associated symptoms after being infected with a bacterium of unknown provenance.

### March

* 14 March – The death toll of the Colectiv nightclub fire reaches 64, almost five months after the tragedy.

### May

* 9 May – Minister of Health Patriciu Achimaș-Cadariu resigns due to mismanagement of the diluted disinfectants crisis.
* 12 May – US and NATO officials activate a land-based missile defense station at Deveselu, part of a larger and controversial European shield.
* 29 May – 20 people are injured after a footbridge breaks during an electoral event in Plopu, Prahova County.

### June

* 1 June – About 10,000 employees in the education system protest in Bucharest, demanding the resignation of the Cioloș Cabinet, dissatisfied with the teacher pay scale proposed by the Government.
* 5 June – Local elections are held across Romania. The Social Democratic Party comes in first with 38.98% of mayor seats nationwide, including Bucharest, followed by the National Liberal Party with 31.50%.

### July

* 5 June – Prime Minister Dacian Cioloş announces a cabinet shuffle as the four ministers (Education, Transport, Communications and Diaspora) are replaced. The new ministers took office on 7 July.

### September

* 13 September – French President François Hollande begins a one-day state visit to Romania, the first state visit by a French president since François Mitterrand came to Romania in 1991.
* 24 September – A magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes Vrancea County, with tremors being felt as far as Bucharest and the Republic of Moldova. This is the largest deep earthquake since 2009.

### November

* 5 November – A 29-car pile-up on Sun Motorway results in four deaths and nearly 60 injuries.

### December

* 2 December – A shooting left at least 3 people dead including the gunman and another 2 were injured. The shooting occurred in Palilula a village in Dolj County.
* 11 December – 2016 Romanian legislative election

## Sports

* 2 March – 2015–16 Cupa României: 1st leg semi-final
* 20 April – 2015–16 Cupa Romaniei: 2nd leg semi-final
* 8 May – CSM București wins the Women's EHF Champions League trophy, after beating Győri Audi ETO KC by a score of 29–26 (13–12, 22–22), after overtime and 7-meter throws, in the final held at the László Papp Sports Arena in Budapest.
* 14 May – 2016 Cupa României Final
* 10 June – UEFA Euro 2016 Group A: France v. Romania
* 15 June – UEFA Euro 2016 Group A: Romania v. Switzerland
* 19 June – UEFA Euro 2016 Group A: Romania v. Albania
* 5–21 August – 88 members of the Romanian national team will compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

## Arts and entertainment

* Lara Fabian returns to Romania for two new concerts, in Cluj-Napoca, on 20 April, and Bucharest, on 22 April.
* 22 April – Romania is expelled from the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 after its national broadcaster TVR failed to pay debts dating back to 2007. This is the first time in the 61-year history of the Eurovision Song Contest a country is expelled from the competition.
* 18–22 May – The seventh edition of International Poetry Festival takes place in Bucharest, having as guests more than 100 poets from more than 20 countries.
* 11 June – Dutch violinist André Rieu and Johann Strauss Orchestra will concert in Bucharest.
* 21 June – Queen and Adam Lambert will concert for the first time in Romania, in the Constitution Square of Bucharest.
* 4–7 August – The second edition of Untold Festival will take place in Cluj-Napoca.

## Deaths
### January

* 2 January – George Alexandru, actor (b. 1957)
* 7 January – Cristian Moisescu, Mayor of Arad (1992–96) (b. 1947)
* 10 January – Teofil Codreanu, footballer (b. 1941)
* 12 January – Melania Ursu, actress (b. 1940)
* 16 January – Theodor Danetti, actor (b. 1926)
* 17 January – Ion Panțuru, bobsledder (b. 1934)
* 18 January – Silvia Kerim, journalist and children's books writer (b. 1932)
* 22 January – Constantin Mihail, athletics coach (b. 1945)
* 23 January – Elisabeta Polihroniade, chess player (b. 1935)
* 26 January – Aurora Dumitrescu, history teacher and political prisoner (b. 1932)
* 27 January – Elena Negreanu, actress and film director (b. 1918)
* 31 January – Miron Chichișan, Mayor of Zalău (1992–96) (b. 1945)

### February

* 9 February – Alexandru Vulpe, historian and archaeologist, member of Romanian Academy (b. 1931)
* 10 February – Stan Gheorghiu, football player and coach (b. 1949)
* 16 February – Mircea Costache II, handball player (b. 1940)
* 17 February – Gelu Barbu, ballerino and choreographer (b. 1932)
* 18 February – Rudolf Fischer, historian and linguist (b. 1923)
* 21 February – Pascal Bentoiu, composer and musicologist (b. 1927)
* 28 February – Gheorghe Blănaru, writer (b. 1933)

### March

* 3 March – Gheorghe Tokay, politician (b. 1939)
* 8 March
** Chiriac Bucur, writer and diplomat (b. 1932)
** Sorin Toma, journalist and politician (b. 1914)
* 11 March – Iolanda Balaș, Olympic high jumper (b. 1936)
* 17 March
** Solomon Marcus, mathematician, member of Romanian Academy (b 1925)
** Paula Sorescu-Lucian, theatre actress (b. 1942)
* 18 March – Șerban Iliescu, journalist and linguist (b. 1955)
* 26 March – Radu Mareș, writer (b. 1941)
* 27 March – Mihail Coculescu, endocrinologist, member of Romanian Academy (b. 1943)
* 28 March – Petru Mocanu, mathematician, member of Romanian Academy (b. 1931)
* 30 March – Aristotel Stamatoiu, director of Romanian Intelligence Service (1986–1990) (b. 1929)

### April

* 5 April – Cornel Patrichi, ballerino, choreographer and actor (b. 1944)
* 6 April – Nicolae Munteanu, sports journalist (b. 1922 or 1923)
* 7 April – Fane Spoitoru, businessman (b. 1959)
* 8 April – Mircea Albulescu, actor (b. 1934)
* 13 April – Márton Balázs, mathematician (b. 1929)
* 21 April – Valeriu Cotea, oenologist, member of Romanian Academy (b. 1926)
* 25 April
** Dumitru Antonescu, footballer (b. 1945)
** Neculai Rățoi, Mayor of Pașcani (b. 1939)
* 29 April – Gianu Bucurescu, director of Securitate (1985–1989) (b. 1934)

### May

* 13 May – Doina Florica Ignat, politician, member of the Senate of Romania (b. 1938)
* 14 May – Neculai Alexandru Ursu, linguist, philologist and literary historian (b. 1926)
* 17 May – Alexandru Lăpușan, politician, Minister of Agriculture (b. 1955)
* 20 May
** Vasile Duță, politician, member of the Senate of Romania (b. 1955)
** Bogdan Ulmu, theatre director and writer (b. 1951)
* 22 May – Dan Condrea, businessman (b. 1975)
* 25 May – József Tempfli, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1931)
* 26 May – Ted Dumitru, football manager (b. 1939)
* 30 May – Andrei Ciontu, engineer (b. 1933)
* 31 May – Mihail Gabriel Corgoja, economist (b. 1977)

### June

* 1 June – Grigore Obreja, sprint canoeist (b. 1967)
* 5 June – Lucian Gheorghiu, journalist (b. 1955)
* 6 June – Mihai Dragolea, writer (b. 1955)
* 8 June
** Alexandru Bizim, athletics coach (b. 1934)
** Gheorghe Buluță, philologist (b. 1947)
* 10 June – Nicolae Păsărică, oină player (b. 1955)
* 11 June – Sigismund Gram, footballer (b. 1933)
* 13 June
** Viorel Mihai Ciobanu, jurist and university professor (b. 1950)
** Ioan-Liviu Negruț, politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania (b. 1937)
* 14 June – Ilie Călian, journalist (b. 1942)
* 18 June
** Mircea Chiorean, physician, co-founder of SMURD (b. 1933)
** Nae Cosmescu, theatre and television director (b. 1940)
* 19 June
** Mihnea Berindei, historian (b. 1948)
** Nicolae Bocșan, historian (b. 1947)
** Victor Stănculescu, general officer and politician (b. 1928)

### July

* 1 July
** Ion Ianoși, writer and essayist (b. 1928)
** Gheorghe Drobotă, rugby union player (b. 1934)
* 2 July – Elie Wiesel, writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor (b. 1928)
* 8 July – Dan Dermengiu, physician (b. 1957)
* 11 July – Dale Băsescu, actor (b. 1956)
* 18 July – Medi Wechsler Dinu, painter (b. 1908)
* 20 July
** Radu Beligan, actor (b. 1918)
** Nicolae Duță, rugby union player (b. 1943 or 1944)
* 21 July – Alexandru Jidveianu, singer (b. 1968)
* 28 July – Constantin Busuioceanu, director, editor and lecturer (b. 1924)

### August

* 1 August – Queen Anne of Romania (b. 1923)
* 3 August – Paul Gherasim, painter (b. 1925)
* 4 August – Alexandru Mészáros, footballer (b. 1933)
* 5 August – Ionel Lupu, dendrologist (b. 1934)
* 6 August – Iosif Viehmann, speleologist (b. 1925)
* 7 August – Nicolae Mărășescu, athletics coach and politician (b. 1937)
* 12 August – Dénes Sándor, professor (b. 1936)
* 19 August – Adrian Enescu, musician and composer (b. 1948)
* 21 August – Marin Moraru, actor (b. 1937)

### September

* 1 September – Victoria Darvai, folk singer (b. 1926)
* 25 September – Niculae Mircovici, officer and politician (b. 1950)
* 26 September – Ioan Gyuri Pascu, musician and actor (b. 1961)
* 27 September
** Sebastian Papaiani, actor (b. 1936)
** Aurelian Preda, folk singer (b. 1970)

### October

* 4 October – Ion Ochinciuc, writer and playwright (b. 1927)
* 9 October – Marin Petrache Pechea, jazz singer and saxophonist (b. 1944)
* 19 October – Radu Câmpeanu, politician (b. 1922)
* 20 October – Valeriu Moisescu, theatre director and university professor (b. 1932)
* 21 October
** Vasile Andru, writer, theoretician and essayist (b. 1942)
** Constantin Frățilă, footballer (b. 1942)
* 25 October
** Margit Bara, actress (b. 1928)
** Dumitru Boabeș, politician (b. 1951)
* 27 October – Nicolae Coman, composer, teacher, poet, translator and musicologist (b. 1936)
* 30 October – Iustinian Chira, bishop (b. 1921)

### December

* 8 December – Romulus Rusan, writer (b. 1935)