1961 in Romania

none 1961 Events from the year 1961 in Romania. The year saw the creation of the title of President of the State Council for the de facto head of state. The first office holder was Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, who was already General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party. Incumbents President of the Provisional Presidium of the Republic: Ion Gheorghe Maurer (until 21 March).Bertold Spuler Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975 London Bowker 1977 978-0-85935-056-3 443 President of the State Council: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (from 21 March).Harris M. Lentz Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 London Routledge 2014 660 978-1-13426-490-2 Prime Minister:Vojtech Mastny Malcolm Byrne A Cardboard Castle?: An Inside History of the Warsaw Pact, 1955–1991 Budapest Central European University Press 2005 691 978-6-15505-369-6 Chivu Stoica (until 21 March), Ion Gheorghe Maurer (after 21 March).Spencer Tucker The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection Santa Barbara ABC-CLIO 2020 978-1-44086-076-8 669 General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej.Spencer Tucker The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection Santa Barbara ABC-CLIO 2020 978-1-44086-076-8 669 Events 27 February – The border between Romania and the Soviet Union is agreed, including passing Snake Island to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.Anatoliy Kruglashov Troublesome neighborhood: Romania and Ukraine relationship New Ukraine. A Journal of History and Politics 11 2011 125 5 March – Parliamentary elections are held, with a single candidates from the People's Democratic Front per constituency.Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen Philip Stöve Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook Baden-Baden Nomos 2010 1591 978-3-8329-5609-7 21 March – The State Council of Romania is created and the first election for the President of the State Council, the de facto head of state, is held in the Great National Assembly with a single candidate, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, who is duly elected.Ioan Scurtu Politică şi viaţă cotidiană în România : în secolul al XX-lea şi începutul celui de-al XXI-lea Politics and Everyday Life in Romania: In the 20th Century and the Beginning of the 21st Bucharest Mica Valahie 2011 310 978-6-06830-434-2 https://books.google.com/books?id=sz8K3N3hrOEC RO 13 September – Romania signs the New York Convention on arbitration awards.Roger Hopkins Benjamin Horn Arbitration Law Handbook London Informa 2007 95 978-1-00034-090-7 Art and literature Thirst (ro Setea), directed by Mircea Drăgan and Mihai Iacob, premiers in Romania and wins silver at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival.Ion Cantacuzino Manuela Gheorghiu Cinematograful românesc contemporan, 1949–1975 Contemporary Romanian Cinema, 1949–1975 Bucharest Editura Meridiane 1976 216 251762553 RO Births thumb|Nadia Comăneci in 1976 3 January – Carmen Tănase, film, TV and theatre actor.La mulți ani, Carmen Tănase! Vezi câți ani a împlinit astăzi actrița Happy birthday, Carmen Tănase! See how old the actress is today A.M. Press 18 January 2020 https://ampress.ro/la-multi-ani-carmen-tanase/ https://web.archive.org/web/20210411215158/https://ampress.ro/la-multi-ani-carmen-tanase/ 11 April 2021 RO 4 June – Alexandru Zaharescu, mathematician. 16 June – Petru Iosub, rower, gold medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics.Hilary Evans Arild Gjerde Jeroen Heijmans Bill Mallon etal http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/io/petru-iosub-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150912175531/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/io/petru-iosub-1.html dead 12 September 2015 Petru Iosub Sports Reference LLC Olympics at Sports-Reference.com 22 June – Rovana Plumb, politician and president of the Social Democratic Party between 2014 and 2015.Marius Mureșan Destinația Cotroceni: alegerile prezidențiale în România 1990–2014 Destination Cotroceni: Presidential Elections in Romania 1990–2014 Iaşi Polirom 2000 394 978-6-06171-506-0 RO 10 September – Dimitrie Popescu, rower, silver medal winner at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics and gold medal winner at the 1992 games.Hilary Evans Arild Gjerde Jeroen Heijmans Bill Mallon etal http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/dimitrie-popescu-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150915002752/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/dimitrie-popescu-1.html dead 15 September 2015 Dimitrie Popescu Sports Reference LLC Olympics at Sports-Reference.com 15 September – Carmen Bunaciu, swimmer, gold medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics.Hilary Evans Arild Gjerde Jeroen Heijmans Bill Mallon etal http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/carmen-bunaciu-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20151001001010/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/carmen-bunaciu-1.html dead 1 October 2015 Carmen Bunaciu Sports Reference LLC Olympics at Sports-Reference.com 12 November – Nadia Comăneci, Romanian retired gymnast and a five-time Olympic gold medalist.Gymnast Nadia Comăneci Became the Queen of the 1976 Montreal Games when she was Awarded the First Perfect Score. Deaths thumb|Lucian Blaga 3 January – Nicolae Hortolomei, surgeon and medical scientist (born 1885).A Brilliant Representative of Rumanian Surgery: Academician Nicolae Hortolomei Agepres Information Bulletin 15 January 1961 14 https://books.google.com/books?id=TXjikifcAugC 8 March – Gala Galaction, theologian and writer (born 1879).Marin Nedelea Istoria României în date, 1940–1995 A History of Romania in Data 1940–1995 Niculescu 1997 132 978-9-73568-141-8 https://books.google.com/books?id=ivu2AAAAIAAJ 9 April – Alexandru Kirițescu, playwright and journalist (born 1888).http://adevarul.ro/cultura/arte/va-mai-amintiti-de--alexandru-kiritescu-1_50aed1b77c42d5a663a0e710/index.html Vă mai amintiți de... Alexandru Kirițescu ro Adevărul 8 June 2010 16 June 2013 6 May – Lucian Blaga, philosopher, poet, and playwright (born 1895). 4 June – Alice Voinescu, writer and essayist, first Romanian woman to become a Doctor of Philosophy (born 1885).Dan C. Mihăilescu Literatura română în postceaușism: Memorialistica sau trecutul ca re-umanizare Romanian Literature in Post-Ceausescuism: Memorialistics or the Past as Re-Humanization Iași Polirom 2004 1 40 978-9-73681-514-0 RO 11 August – Dan Barbilian, known under the pen name Ion Barbu, mathematician and poet (born 1895).https://www.argesexpres.ro/index.php/cultura/32394-ion-barbu-dan-barbilian-poet-si-matematician-3 Ion Barbu/Dan Barbilian, poet și matematician C. Voiculesu Argeș Expres March 23, 2020 August 21, 2022 18 September – Ilarion Felea, priest and theologian, who died at Aiud Prison (born 1903).Claudia Untaru http://adevarul.ro/locale/arad/ilarion-felea-preotul-fost-condamnat-20-ani-temnita-grea-s-a-impotrivit-comunismului-1_534d11090d133766a8cdb15c/index.html ro Ilarion Felea, preotul care a fost condamnat la 20 de ani de temniță grea pentru că s-a împotrivit comunismului Adevărul April 16, 2014 August 22, 2022 19 September – Lucia Sturdza-Bulandra, theatre actor and director (born 1873).Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich Prokhorov Bol'shaia Sovetskaia entsiklopediia Great Soviet Encyclopedia 25 New York Macmillan 1983 184 435381348 21 September – Claudia Millian, poet (born 1887).George Mihail Zamfirescu Valeriu Râpeanu Mărturii în contemporaneitate Testimonies in Contemporaneity Bucharest Editura Minerva 1983 464 490442305 19 October – Mihail Sadoveanu, novelist and political figure (born 1880).Wojciech Roszkowski Jan Kofman Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century New York Routledge 2015 879 978-1-31747-593-4 References 1961 Category:Years of the 20th century in Romania Category:1960s in Romania Category:1961 in Romania Romania Romania