Events from the year 2000 in Romania.
Incumbents
- President: Emil Constantinescu, until 20 December;[1] then Ion Iliescu[2]
- Prime Minister: Mugur Isărescu until 28 October;[3] then Adrian Năstase[4]
Events
January
- 10 January – President Emil Constantinescu the Law of retrocession of agricultural and forest lands (Romanian: Legea de retrocedare a terenurilor agricole și forestiere), also known as the Lupu Law (Romanian: Legea Lupu).[5]
- 30-31 January – 2000 Baia Mare cyanide spill: On the night of the 30th to the 31st of January, a dam of the Romanian-Australian "Aurul" venture is cracked on a portion of 25 metres, spilling 100,000 m3 of cyanide into the Lăpuș river, being subsequently spilled in the Someș, and then, the Tisza.[6]
June
- 4 June – 2000 Romanian local elections:The first round of the local elections, with a tunrnout of 50.85%.[7]
- 18 June – 2000 Romanian local elections:The second round of the local elections, with a turnout of 46.93%.[7]
July
- 17 July – Emil Constantinescu announces he won't run for a second presidential term in the 2000 Romanian general election.[8]
- 29 July – The Romanian Social Democratic Party absorbs the Socialist Party (Romanian: Partidul Socialist).[9]
November
- 1 November – The privatisation contract of the Petromidia Refinery is approved between Fondul Proprietății de Stat and Rompetrol Group BV Rotterdam for the sum of 615 million USD.[10]
- 26 November – 2000 Romanian general election:[11] The parliament is elected[12] and the first presidential election round takes place. Ion Iliescu (PDSR) and Corneliu-Vadim Tudor (PRM) qualify for the second round.[13]
December
- 10 December – 2000 Romanian general election:[11] Ion Iliescu is elected president in the second round of the presidential election.[13]
- 17 December – The restoration of the Coloana Infinitului by Constantin Brâncuși, started on 16 September 1996, is finished.[14]
Births
January
February
- 2 February – Valentin Mihăilă, Romanian soccer player.[16]
March
- 1 March – Ștefania Jipa, Romanian handball player.[17]
September
- 16 September – Maria Holbură, retired Romanian gymnast.[18]
- 19 September – Denisa Vâlcan, Romanian handball player.[19]
October
- 12 October – Mihai Popa, Romanian goalkeeper.[20]
Deaths
February
- 8 February – Ion Gheorghe Maurer, 97, Prime Minister of Romania.[21]
June
- 26 June – Corneliu Mănescu, 84, Romanian diplomat.[22][23]
September
- 17 September – Dem Rădulescu, 68, Romanian actor.[24]
October
- 5 October – Cătălin Hîldan, 24, Romanian football player.[25]
November
- 18 November – Anghel Mora, 51, Romanian film director, screenwriter, and actor.
See also
Wikinews has related news:
- Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000
- Romania at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Romania at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
References
- ^ "Emil Constantinescu". EastWest Institute. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Ion Iliescu". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Fața nevăzută a lui Mugur Isărescu, guvernatorul pasionat de desene animate: "Pot fredona sau chiar dansa ca ursul Baloo"". adevarul.ro. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Adrian Nastase prime minister of Romania". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ Chiper, Mihai (11 January 2000). "Legea "Lupu" a fost promulgată". Ziarul de Iași (in Romanian). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "FOCUS: Zece ani de la poluarea cu cianuri de la mina "Aurul" din Baia Mare". Mediafax (in Romanian). Bucharest. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ a b Plugaru, Horia (23 September 2020). Lecea, Doina; Badea, Anda (eds.). "AlegeriLocale2020/Prezența la alegerile locale din 1992 până în 2016". AGERPRES (in Romanian). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ Nueleanu, Iulia (26 March 2003). "Emil Constantinescu s-a lansat în fruntea Acțiunii Populare". Curentul (in Romanian). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ Cernicova, Mariana (2000). Dicționarul vieții publice timișene postdecembriste 1989-2000: partide, organizații, personalități (in Romanian). Reșița: Editura Intergraf. p. 108. OCLC 915186629.
- ^ "Patriciu a cumparat rafinăria Petromidia". Ziarul de Iași (in Romanian). 2 November 2000. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ a b Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos. p. 1591. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7. OCLC 617565273.
- ^ Vasile, Cristian (26 November 2021). "26 Noiembrie 2000: Înfruntarea dintre Ion Ilescu și Vadim Tudor. Alegeri parlamentare si prezidențiale în România – Jurnalul de Arges". Jurnalul de Argeș (in Romanian). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ a b Voinea, Mihai; Delcea, Cristian (29 October 2014). "DOCUMENTAR Istoria alegerilor prezidențiale (2000): Pericolul Vadim și votul de dispreț al tinerei generații". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ Bușe, Gigi (17 December 2021). "La 17 decembrie 2000 se finaliza ultima restaurare a Coloanei Infinită". Universul Olteniei (in Romanian). ISSN 2458-097X. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Even though she sings Amnesia, it is the unforgettable ROXEN". OGAE Azerbaijan. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "OFICIAL | Valentin Mihăilă, transferat la Atalanta. Detaliile mutării". Digi Sport (in Romanian). 31 January 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Oneșteanca Ștefania Jipa a câștigat Jocurile Mediteraneene!". Unu pe Trotuș (in Romanian). 2 April 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ Bocai, Marian (13 June 2020). "Interviu cu gimnasta Maria Holbură, care va participa la Jocurile Olimpice: "La Campionatul Mondial, am trăit și fericirea, și amărăciunea"". Ziua de Constanța (in Romanian). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ Ciucescu, Nicolae (19 August 2019). "O tânără jucătoare de la SCM Rm. Vâlcea, din sezonul trecut, a ajuns la CSM Bucureşti". Tribuna Vâlceană (in Romanian). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ Bocai, Marian (13 August 2021). "Nepotul lui Gheorghe Popa, glorie a FC Farul: Portarul constănțean Mihai Popa, transferat de o echipă din Liga 1". Ziua de Constanța (in Romanian). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ Pace, Eric (11 February 2000). "Ion Gheorghe Maurer, 97, Romanian Premier From 1961 to 1974". The New York Times. p. B 9. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ "Viața lui Corneliu Mănescu". BZI (in Romanian). 27 February 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ Pace, Eric (14 July 2000). "Corneliu Manescu, 84, Leader in Romania Revolt". The New York Times. p. B 10. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ Moceanu, Răzvan (21 September 2021). "Portret: Dem Rădulescu – un actor monumental, un pedagog desăvârșit, un om de o sensibilitate remarcabilă" (in Romanian). Radio România Cultural. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "10 ani de la moartea lui Cătălin Hîldan! Toata echipa merge la Brănești!" [10 years since the death of Cătălin Hîldan! The whole team goes to Brănești!]. www.sport.ro (in Romanian). 5 October 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
External links
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