2011 in Romania
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Incumbents
Events
- 17 April – Action 2012, a coalition of organizations supporting unification between Moldova and Romania, is founded.[4]
- October 20–31 – 2011 Romanian census
Arts and entertainment
Sports
Football (soccer) competitions: Liga I, Liga II, Cupa României (Final). Romania hosted the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.
Deaths
January
- January 1 – Constantin Marin, 85, musician, conductor, and composer (born 1925)
- January 10 – Liana Alexandra, 63, composer, pianist, and music educator (born 1947).[5]
- January 18 – Cristian Pațurcă, 46, composer (born 1964)
- January 19 – Mihai Ionescu, 74, footballer (born 1936)
- January 27 – Liana Dumitrescu, 38, politician (born 1973)[6]
- January 31 – Bartolomeu Anania, 89, Romanian Orthodox bishop, Metropolitan of Cluj, Alba, Crișana and Maramureș (born 1921)
February
- February 4 – Vasile Paraschiv, 82, political activist and dissident (born 1928).[7]
- February 22 – Ion Hobana, 80, science fiction author (born 1931).[8]
March
May
- May 2 – Ion Barbu, 72, football player (born 1938).[11]
- May 8 – George Guțiu, 87, Greek-Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Cluj-Gherla from 1994 to 2002 (born 1924).[12]
- May 16 – Serghei Covaliov, 66, Olympic gold (1968) and silver (1972) medal-winning canoeist (born 1944).[13]
- May 22 – Alexandru Ene, 82, football player (born 1928).[14]
- May 24 – Fănuș Neagu, 79, novelist, journalist, and short story writer (born 1932).[15]
December
- December 1 – Andrei Blaier, 78, film director and screenwriter (born 1933)[16]
