2008 in Romania

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* 2007
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Romania |

* 2009
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* 2011
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Events from the year 2008 in Romania.

## Incumbents

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

## Events

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* 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.
* November 30 – 2008 Romanian legislative election.[8]

## Deaths

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Main article: Deaths in 2008

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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)[9]
* 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)[10]

## See also

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Wikinews has related news:

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* 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

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## References

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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. ^ 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.
9. ^ "A murit actrita Mihaela Mitrache". Ziare.com (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-12-22.
10. ^ "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

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* Media related to 2008 in Romania at Wikimedia Commons

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