1955 in Romania

none 1955 Events from the year 1955 in Romania. The year saw the country join the United Nations and Warsaw Pact, the latter as a founder. Amongst notable people who died during the year was composer George Enescu. Incumbents President of the Provisional Presidium of the Republic: Petru Groza.Bertold Spuler Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975 London Bowker 1977 978-0-85935-056-3 443 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 Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (until 4 October). Chivu Stoica (after 4 October). General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party:Bell Imogen Central and South-Eastern Europe London Europa 2003 978-1-85743-186-5 483 Gheorghe Apostol (until 30 September). Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (after 30 September). Events 14 February – Dissident émigrés seize the Romanian embassy in Bern, Switzerland, in protest against the government. The group surrender after two days.Ștejărel Olaru Cei cinci care au speriat Estul The Five Who Frightened the East http://www.timpul.ro/pdfs/09-03.pdf Timpul 9 4 September 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20041109231402/http://www.timpul.ro/pdfs/09-03.pdf 2004-11-09 14 May – The Warsaw Pact is signed with Romania a founding member.Vojtech Mastny Malcolm Byrne A Cardboard Castle?: An Inside History of the Warsaw Pact, 1955–1991 Budapest Central European University Press 2005 XXV 978-6-15505-369-6 15 May – Following the signing of the Austrian State Treaty, Gheorghiu-Dej announced that Soviet troops would remain in Romania as long as foreign soldiers continue to be stationed in West Germany.RUMANIA: Gravitational Pull http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,893053,00.html?iid=chix-sphere TIME 5 September 1955 https://web.archive.org/web/20110524020831/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,893053,00.html?iid=chix-sphere 24 May 2011 23 August – During a visit by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, Gheorghiu-Dej proposes the withdrawal of Soviet troops. The request is not received favourably until 1958.Geoffrey Swain Nigel Swain Eastern Europe since 1945 London Palgrave 2017 115 978-1-13760-513-9 14 December – Romania joins the United Nations.David Clark McKenzie A World Beyond Borders: An Introduction to the History of International Organizations Toronto University of Toronto Press 2010 61 978-1-44260-182-6 https://books.google.com/books?id=VFugoNd8t7QC Births 18 January – Rodica Simion, mathematician (died 2000).Richard P. Stanley Richard P. Stanley Pi Mu Epsilon Journal 11 2000 83–86 Rodica Simion: January 18, 1955 – January 7, 2000 http://www-math.mit.edu/~rstan/papers/pimuep.pdf. 31 January – Virginia Ruzici, tennis player, winner of the 1978 French Open.John Grosso Historical Dictionary of Tennis Lanham Scarecrow Press 2011 246 978-0-81087-237-0 14 April – Daniela Crăsnaru, poet.Vineta Colby World Authors, 1985–1990 New York H.W. Wilson 1995 177 978-0-82420-875-2 19 April – Agafia Constantin, sprint canoeist, winner of the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/or/agafia-orlov-buhaev-constantin-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085403/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/or/agafia-orlov-buhaev-constantin-1.html dead 4 March 2016 Agafia Orlov-Buhaev-Constantin 24 April 2022 4 May – Mihaela Runceanu, pop singer and vocal techniques teacher (died 1989).Nicolae Peneş Viaţa şi moartea Mihaelei Runceanu The Life and Death of Mihaela Runceanu Bucharest Divers Press 1993 1 978-9-73955-808-2 7 May – Florența Crăciunescu, winner of the bronze medal in the discus at the 1984 Summer Olympics (died 2008).Hilary Evans Arild Gjerde Jeroen Heijmans Bill Mallon etal http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/florenta-tacu-craciunescu-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184034/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/florenta-tacu-craciunescu-1.html dead 3 March 2016 Florenţa Ţacu-Crăciunescu Sports Reference LLC 23 April 2022 Olympics at Sports-Reference.com 23 May – Preda Mihăilescu, mathematician. 3 August – Renate Weber, lawyer, politician and first Romanian appointed as Chief of an EU Election Observation Mission.Renate Weber European Parliament https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/39713/RENATE_WEBER/history/8 https://web.archive.org/web/20220320072500/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/39713/RENATE_WEBER/history/8 20 March 2022 Deaths 15 January – Tit Liviu Chinezu, bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church, died in Sighet Prison (born 1904).https://www.bru.ro/blaj/lista-episcopilor/ps-tit-liviu-chinezu/3/ Episcopul Tit Liviu Chinezu ro Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic www.bru.ro August 27, 2022 6 February – Constantin Argetoianu, politician, Prime Minister in 1939, died in Sighet Prison (born 1871). 4 May – George Enescu, composer (born 1881).Don Michael Randel The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music Cambridge Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1996 248 978-0-67437-299-3 5 March – Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu, novelist (born 1876).Kurt W. Treptow Ioan Bolovan A History of Romania Iasi Center for Romania Studies 1996 517 978-0-88033-345-0 References 1955 Category:Years of the 20th century in Romania Category:1955 in Romania Romania Romania