2009 in Romania
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Events
- June 7 - 2009 European Parliament election in Romania[4]
- July 16 - Stadium Cluj Arena construction begins on the site of demolished Ion Moina Stadium.[5]
- November 24 - The Avdhela Project, an Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative, is launched in the Romanian Peasant Museum in Bucharest.[6]
- December 6 - 2009 Romanian presidential election[7][8]
- 2009 - Badly affected by the late-2000s recession, the International Monetary Fund and other lenders agree to provide Romania a rescue package worth 20 billion Euros.[9]
Deaths
| Deaths |
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| January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December |
January
- January 5 - Mircea Stănescu, 39, Romanian politician, MP (2004–2008), apparent suicide by gunshot.[10]
- January 9 - István Antal, 50, Romanian Olympic ice hockey player, cardiac arrest.[11]
February
- February 8 – Marian Cozma, 26, Romanian handball player, stabbed.[12]
- February 27 – Manea Mănescu, 92, 50th Prime Minister of Romania (1974–1979) (born 1916)[13]
March
- March 19 - Ion Dolănescu, 65, Romanian singer and politician, heart attack.[14]
- March 31 - Marga Barbu, 80, Romanian actress.[15]
April
- April 28 - Valeria Peter Predescu, 62, Romanian singer, heart attack.[16]
May
- May 9 - Mendi Rodan, 80, Romanian-born Israeli conductor and violinist, cancer.[17]
July
- July 6 - Mihai Baicu, 33, Romanian footballer, heart attack.[18]
August
- August 7 - Tatiana Stepa, 46, Romanian folk singer, cervical cancer.[19]
- August 11 - Valeriu Lazarov, 73, Romanian-born Spanish television producer.[20]
- August 15 - Florin Bogardo, 67, Romanian singer.[21]
September
- September 15 - Nicu Constantin, 70, Romanian actor.[22]
October
- October 3 - Vasile Louis Puscas, 94, American Bishop of St George's in Canton in the Romanian Catholic Church.[23]
- October 13 - Paul Barbă Neagră, 80, Romanian film director and essayist.[24]
- October 18
- Ion Cojar, 78, Romanian actor and film director, Parkinson's disease.[25]
- Ovidiu Mușetescu, 54, Romanian politician, cancer.[26]
- October 18 - Radu Timofte, 60, Romanian intelligence officer, director of the Romanian Intelligence Service (2001–2006), leukemia.[27]
- October 25 - Thea Segall, 80, Romanian photographer who lived in Venezuela since 1958 until her death.[28]
November
- November 10 - Gheorghe Dinică, 75, Romanian actor, cardiac arrest.[29]
- November 26 - Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, 60, Romanian Olympic fencer.[30]
- November 27 - Jacques Braunstein, 78, Romanian-born Venezuelan economist, publicist and jazz disc jockey, heart failure.[31] (Spanish)
December
- December 28 - Zoltán Horváth, 30, Romanian-born Hungarian basketball player, car accident.[32]
