2007 in Romania

Events from the year 2007 in Romania.

Incumbents

President: Traian Băsescu{{cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1056376.html|title=Romania: Basescu Wins Presidential Vote, Vows To Fight Corruption|work=Radio Free Europe|author=Eugen Tomiuc|date=13 December 2004|accessdate=5 April 2022}}
Prime Minister: Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/02/europe/EU-POL-Romania-New-Cabinet.php "Romania's prime minister names new Cabinet of minority government"], Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), 2 April 2007.

Events

1 January – Romania becomes a member state of the European Union, together with neighbouring Bulgaria.{{Cite web |title=Romania and Bulgaria join the EU |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6220591.stml |date=2007-01-01 |publisher=BBC News}}
5 April – The second Tăriceanu cabinet was sworn in, as a PNL-UDMR minority government (unlike in the preceding cabinet, the PD and the PC are not part of the coalition).
19 April – President Traian Băsescu was suspended by the Romanian Parliament, of which members accused him of violating the Constitution of Romania even though the Constitutional Court didn't find any evidence of such violation.{{Cite web |title=Romania's MPs suspend president |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6572003.stm |date=2007-04-19 |publisher=BBC News}} With this suspension, Băsescu became the first president of Romania in its history since 1989 that was suspended at least once.
19 May – 2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum: 75.06% of the referendum voters voted for Traian Băsescu to remain President, while the other 24.94% voted for the impeachment.
30 August – The case of what could become among the most covered of the kind in the history of Romanian mass media, the disappearance of Elodia Ghinescu, begins.{{Cite web |title=Șase ani de la dispariția avocatei Elodia Ghinescu: cel mai mediatizat eveniment din România ultimilor ani |url=https://adevarul.ro/locale/brasov/elodia-ghinescu-1_521e1cabc7b855ff56212250/index.html |language=ro |date=2013-08-29 |newspaper=Adevărul}}
14 September – 2 dead and 15 injured after an explosion occurred in a block of flats in Zalău, Sălaj County.{{Cite web |title=Explozie devastatoare la Zalău: 2 morți, 15 răniți |url=https://romanialibera.ro/actualitate/eveniment/explozie-devastatoare-la-zalau-2-morti-15-raniti-106076.html |language=ro |date=2007-09-14 |newspaper=România liberă}}
25 November:
2007 European Parliament election in Romania: The Democratic Party wins the first election for the European Parliament in Romania with 28.81% of all votes (13 seats). The Social Democratic Party came in second with 23.11% (10 seats), followed by the PNL (13.44%, 6 seats), PLD (7.78%, 3 seats) and UDMR (5.52%, 2 seats).
2007 Romanian electoral system referendum: 81.36% of voters of the referendum voted "for" the changing of the Romanian electoral system to a two-round system. The voter turnout was 26.51%, causing the referendum to be invalid.
15 December – The Democratic Party (PD) and the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD) parties have merged to form the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL).{{Cite web |title=PD si PLD fuzioneaza in Partidul Democrat Liberal |url=https://romanialibera.ro/actualitate/eveniment/pd-si-pld-fuzioneaza-in-partidul-democrat-liberal-112739.html |language=ro |date=2007-12-03 |newspaper=România liberă}}

Births

28 January – Amalia Ghigoarță, artistic gymnast{{cite web |title=Amalia Alexandra Ghigoarță |url=https://www.cosr.ro/sportiv/amalia-alexandra-ghigoar |website=Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee |access-date=23 July 2024 |language=ro}}

Deaths

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9 January – Ion Dincă, communist politician and former Mayor of Bucharest (born 1928){{cite news |url=https://evz.ro/a-murit-odata-cu-comunismul-425780.html |title=A murit odată cu comunismul |last1=Mihu |first1=Laurentiu |last2=Dabija |first2=Tatiana |date=January 11, 2007 |newspaper=Evenimentul Zilei |language=ro |access-date=August 31, 2023}}
21 January – Maria Cioncan, runner and medalist at 2004 Summer Olympics (born 1977){{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/romania/maria-cioncan-14295501|title=Maria Cioncan|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=August 31, 2023}}
17 April – János Szántay, Olympic fencer (born 1922){{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/ion-santo-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418043236/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/ion-santo-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Ion Santo Olympic Results |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=www.sports-reference.com}}
17 April – Gil Dobrică, singer (born 1946)
26 April – Florea Dumitrache, footballer (born 1948){{WorldFootball|florea-dumitrache|Florea Dumitrache}}
7 May – Octavian Paler, Romanian writer, journalist, politician and activist.{{cite web|url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81028342.html|title=Paler, Octavian|publisher=Library of Congress|website=id.loc.gov}}
8 June – Adrian Pintea, actor (born 1954)
26 July – Mircea Puta, mathematician (born 1950)
26 October – Nicolae Dobrin, footballer (born 1947){{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=4834|title=Nicolae Dobrin|publisher=European Football|website=eu-football.info|access-date=August 31, 2023}}
8 December – Ioan Fiscuteanu, theater and film actor (born 1937){{cite web|url=https://www.amosnews.ro/arhiva/domnul-lazarescu-va-fi-inmormantat-marti-cimitirul-central-din-targu-mures-09-12-2007|title='Domnul Lăzărescu' va fi înmormântat marți la Cimitirul Central din Târgu-Mureș|website=www.amosnews.ro|lang=ro|access-date=August 31, 2023}}
14 December – Mihai Pelin, writer and historian (born 1940){{cite web|url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84189219.html|title=Pelin, Mihai|publisher=Library of Congress|website=id.loc.gov}}

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2007 in Romania

Incumbents

Events

Births

Deaths

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References

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