1948 in Romania

• President of the Provisional Presidium of the Republic: Constantin Ion Parhon.{{cite book|first=Adrian|last=Cioroianu|author-link=Adrian Cioroianu|title=Pe Umerii lui Marx. O Introducere în Istoria Comunismului Românesc|trans-title=On the Shoulders of Marx. An Exploration into the History of Romanian Communism|publisher=Editura Curtea Veche|location=Bucharest|year=2005|language=RO|isbn=978-973-669-390-8|page=280}}
• Prime Minister: Petru Groza.{{cite book | first=Spencer | last=Tucker | title=The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection | location=Santa Barbara | publisher=ABC-CLIO | year=2020 | isbn=978-1-44086-076-8 | page=669}}
• General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej.{{cite book | last=Bell | first=Imogen | title=Central and South-Eastern Europe | location=London | publisher=Europa | year=2003 | isbn=978-1-85743-186-5 | page=483}}

• 28 March – The first elections held in the Romanian People's Republic are held. The People's Democratic Front gain 93.2% of the vote.{{cite book|first1=Dieter|last1=Nohlen|author-link1=Dieter Nohlen|first2=Philip|last2=Stöver|title=Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook|location=Baden-Baden|publisher=Nomos|year=2010|isbn=978-3-8329-5609-7|page=1604}}
• 13 April – A new Constitution is adopted, introducing a "people's democracy."{{cite book|first=Wojciech|last=Roszkowski|title=East Central Europe: A Concise History|location=Warsaw|publisher=Instytut Studiów Politycznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk|year=2015|isbn=978-8-36409-148-3|page=310}}
• 14 May – at least 10.000 innocent romanian citizens are arrested and sentenced to death or prison for life by communist authorities. The football club FC Dinamo București is founded.{{cite web | url=https://www.fanatik.ro/editorial-cornel-dinu-tristeti-istorice-de-ziua-lui-dinamo-paralela-dureroasa-cu-statul-israel-fondat-la-aceeasi-data-14-mai-1948-19518094| title=Editorial Cornel Dinu. Tristeți istorice de ziua lui Dinamo. Paralelă dureroasă cu statul Israel, fondat la aceeași dată, 14 mai 1948| website=www.fanatik.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=Editorial Cornel Dinu. Historical sadness for Dinamo's birthday. Painful parallel with the state of Israel, founded on the same date, May 14, 1948| date=14 May 2021| access-date=19 August 2022}}

• 11 June – The Great National Assembly announces the nationalization of all industry, mines, banking and transportation.{{cite book | first=Jerzy | last=Tomaszewski | title=The Socialist Regimes of East Central Europe: Their Establishment and Consolidation, 1944-67 | location=London | publisher=Routledge | year=1989 | page=85 | isbn=978-0-41502-027-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XNhoAAAAMAAJ}}
• 30 August – The Securitate ({{lang|ro|Departamentul Securității Statului}}, Department of State Security) is found.{{cite book|first=Dennis|last=Deletant|title=Ceausescu and the Securitate: Coercion and Dissent in Romania, 1965-1989|location=London|publisher=Hurst & Company|year=2010|page=65}}

• 17 February – Valentin Ceaușescu, physicist.
• 19 July – Argentina Menis, Olympic-medal-winning discus thrower.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/argentina-menis-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309041309/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/argentina-menis-1.html|archive-date=9 March 2016|title=Argentina Menis|access-date=13 March 2022}}
• 27 July – Fred Popovici, composer
• 3 August – Ioana Tudoran, Olympic-medal-winning rower.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tu/ioana-tudoran-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924033049/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tu/ioana-tudoran-1.html|archive-date=24 September 2013|title=oana Tudoran|access-date=13 March 2022}}
• 13 August – Prince Paul, claimant to the Royal House of Romania.{{cite book|first=Marlene A.|last=Eilers|title=Queen Victoria's Descendants|location=Falköping|publisher=Rosvall Royal Books|year=1998|isbn=978-9-16305-964-3|page=189}}
• 28 November – Mariana Nicolesco, operatic soprano (died 2022).{{cite book|first1=Robert J.|last1=Elster|first2=Amy|last2=Tyndall|title=International Who's Who in Classical Music|location=London|publisher=Routledge|year=2009|isbn=978-1-85743-513-9|page=592}}

• 2 February – Smaranda Brăescu, parachuting and aviation pioneer (born 1897).{{cite web |url=http://stone.bvau.ro/infoghid/index.php/Smaranda_Br%C4%83escu |title=Smaranda Brăescu |publisher=BVAU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703173439/http://stone.bvau.ro/infoghid/index.php/Smaranda_Br%C4%83escu |archive-date=3 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}
• 27 February – Nicodim, Patriarch of All Romania between 1939 and 1948 (born 1864).{{cite book|first=Adrian|last=Cioroianu|title=Focul Ascuns în Piatră|trans-title=The Fire Hidden in the Stone|location=Bucharest|publisher=Editura Polirom|year=2002|page=310|isbn=978-973-68-1076-3|language=RO}}
• 29 February – Constantin S. Constantin, major general during World War II, he died at Văcărești Prison (born 1889).{{cite news|work=Cuvântul Liber| url=http://www.cuvantul-liber.ro/articol.asp?ID=32637|title=Generali români – morți în închisorile regimului trecut (23 august 1944 – 15 octombrie 1964)|lang=ro|trans-title=Romanian Generals Who Died in the Prisons of the Former Regime (23 August 1944 – 15 October 1964)|date=October 29, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029080732/http://www.cuvantul-liber.ro/articol.asp?ID=32637 |access-date=June 20, 2023| archive-date=2007-10-29 }}
• 5 May – Sextil Pușcariu, linguist and philologist (born 1877).{{citation|first=Alexandru|last=Niculescu|url=http://www.dacoromania.inst-puscariu.ro/articole/1998-1999_23.pdf|title=Sextil Pușcariu – un simbol al demnității transilvane|lang=ro| journal=Dacoromania|volume=III–IV|year=1998–1999|location=Cluj-Napoca|pages=187–190}}
• 16 June – Mircea Damian, prose writer and journalist (born 1899).
• 22 June – Ioan Simu, Greek-Catholic priest and politician (born 1875).{{citation|url=https://www.cclbsebes.ro/docs/Sebus_10_2018/14_R_Totoianu.pdf|title=On the Political Activities of the Greek-Catholic Protopope of Sebeș, Ioan Simu (1875–1948)|first=Radu|last=Totoianu|journal=Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis|volume= 10|year=2018|pages= 315–331}}
• 14 September – Constantin Angelescu, Prime Minister of Romania between 30 December 1933 and 3 January 1934 (born 1869).{{cite book|last=Olaru|first=Corneliu|title=Un Secol de Economie Românească, 1848-1947: Oamenii și Opera|trans-title=A Century of Romanian Economy, 1848-1947: People and Work|location=Bucharest|publisher=Editura Newa TED|year=2001|isbn=978-9-73903-514-9|language=RO}}
• 13 December – Zaharia Bârsan, playwright, poet, and actor (born 1878).Aurel Sasu (ed.), Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române, vol. I, p. 433. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004. {{ISBN|973-697-758-7}}
• 19 December – Ella Negruzzi, lawyer and human rights advocate (born 1876).{{cite news|last=Maftei|first=Ionel|title=Jurista Ella Negruzzi, 125 de ani de la nastere|url=http://www.ziarulevenimentul.ro/stiri-2/Tabloidl/jurista-ella-negruzzi-125-de-ani-de-la-nastere--13321.html|access-date=10 April 2017|publisher=Evenimentul Regional al Moldovei|date=15 August 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410001118/http://www.ziarulevenimentul.ro/stiri-2/Tabloidl/jurista-ella-negruzzi-125-de-ani-de-la-nastere--13321.html|archive-date=10 April 2017|location=Iași, Romania|language=Romanian|trans-title=Lawyer Ella Negruzzi, 125 years since her birth}}

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