2016 in Romania

January

• 29 January – President Klaus Iohannis promulgates a law banning smoking in public areas, two days after the CCR declared it constitutional.^[2][3]

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.^[4]
• 10 February – Former commander of Râmnicu Sărat Penitentiary Alexandru Vișinescu is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for crimes against humanity,^[5] becoming the first communist torturer to be convicted in Romania.^[6]
• 16 February
  • The warmest day of February of the last 55 years, with temperatures 18 °C higher than the normal in Bucharest.^[7]
  • 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.^[8]

March

• 14 March – The death toll of the Colectiv nightclub fire reaches 64, almost five months after the tragedy.^[9]

May

• 9 May – Minister of Health Patriciu Achimaș-Cadariu resigns due to mismanagement of the diluted disinfectants crisis.^[10]
• 12 May – US and NATO officials activate a land-based missile defense station at Deveselu, part of a larger and controversial European shield.^[11][12][13]
• 29 May – 20 people are injured after a footbridge breaks during an electoral event in Plopu, Prahova County.^[14]

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.^[15][16]
• 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.^[17]

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.^[18]
• 24 September – A magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes Vrancea County, with tremors being felt as far as Bucharest and the Republic of Moldova.^[19] This is the largest deep earthquake since 2009.^[20]

November

• 5 November – A 29-car pile-up on Sun Motorway results in four deaths and nearly 60 injuries.^[21][22]

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.^[23][24]
• 11 December – 2016 Romanian legislative election

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)^[36]
• 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)^[37]
  • 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)

November

December

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