1998 in Romania

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Events from the year 1998 in Romania.

Incumbents

President of Romania: Emil Constantinescu
Prime Minister of Romania:
- until 30 March: Victor Ciorbea
- 30 March–17 April: Gavril Dejeu (interim)
- starting 17 April: Radu Vasile

Events

January

18 January – Baia de Arieș is granted town status.^[1]

March

30 March – Victor Ciorbea resigns from being prime minister. Gavril Dejeu replaces him as acting prime minister.^[2]

April

2 April – President Emil Constantinescu appoints Radu Vasile to be the new prime minister.^[3]
15 April – The Parliament grants the investiture vote to the Radu Vasile Cabinet^[4] with 317 votes in favour and 124 against.^[3]
17 April – The Vasile Cabinet takes its oath of office.^[3]

October

26 October – The Romanian Supreme Court rehabilitates a member of Ion Antonescu's World War II-era Axis government, Toma Ghițulescu.^[5]

Undated

Euroinstal company is founded in Timișoara.^[6]
Radu Dinulescu, "the Eichmann of Romania", is rehabilitated by the Romanian Supreme Court.^[7]

Births

2 October – Robert Asăvoaei, footballer.^[8]

Deaths

9 January – Lia Manoliu, discus thrower and Olympian (b. 1932).^[9]
1 July – Dumitru Berciu, historian and archaeologist (b. 1907).^[10]
31 July – Ioan Ploscaru, bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church (b. 1911).^[11]
1 October – Gabriel Sandu, football player (b. 1952).^[12]
8 October – Anatol Vieru, music theoretician, pedagogue, and composer (b. 1926).^[13]
14 October – Leopoldina Bălănuță actress (b. 1934).^[14]
23 October – Silviu Stănculescu, actor (b. 1932).^[15]
13 November – Ilie Văduva, communist politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1985 to 1986 (b. 1934).^[16]
2 December – Cleopa Ilie abbot (b. 1912).^[17]

Economic data for 1998

Romania's 1998 nominal GDP was the country's largest throughout the 1990s, and the only one in the decade to exceed $40 billion.^[18]
1998 was the first year in Romania's post-Communist history when the country's external debt decreased, down to $9.7 billion from $10.4 billion in 1997.^[19] The latter was greater than the Ceaușescu-era peak of $10.2 billion in 1981.^[20]
1998 was the last year in which the state had a majority share in any of Romania's main economic sectors: industrial output (54%), exports (51.1%), imports (51.7%) and investment (59.5%).^[21]

References

^ Website of the Baia de Arieș town hall (in Romanian)
^ "Băsescu, în 1998: Ciorbea este un "biet profitor"". Adevărul (in Romanian). 27 October 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Guvernele României \ GUVERNUL RADU VASILE". Rompres (in Romanian). 11 February 2007. Archived from the original on 11 February 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ "Emil Constantinescu îl acuză pe Radu Vasile". BBC Romanian (in Romanian). 24 August 2006. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ Henry F. Carey, Lexington Books, 2004, Romania Since 1989: Politics, Economics, and Society, p. 75
^ "Continuă igienizarea pe cursurile râurilor din Banat! Au fost adunate tone de deșeuri până acum". gazetadinvest.ro. 21 June 2019.
^ [Alexandru Florian, Indiana University Press, Jan 24, 2018, Holocaust Public Memory in Postcommunist Romania, pp. 73 and 102]
^ Robert Asăvoaei at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
^ Frank Litsky (11 January 1998). "Lia Manoliu, 65, Olympian And Romanian Sports Figure". The New York Times. p. 1 28. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ "Dumitru Berciu". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ "Arhiepiscopul Ioan Ploscaru". www.bru.ro (in Romanian). Romanian Greek Catholic Church. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
^ Gabriel Sandu at WorldFootball.net
^ Anderson, Martin (28 October 1998). "Obituary: Anatol Vieru". The Independent. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
^ Șchiopu, Ana-Maria (15 October 2019). "Portret Leopoldina Bălănuță, tragica doamnă a teatrului cu voce de înger: "Cea mai mare nefericire e să n-ai nevoie de cultură"". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved 26 August 2023.
^ Dobrescu, Petre (23 October 2011). "Se împlinesc 13 ani de la moartea actorului Silviu Stănculescu". Libertatea (in Romanian). Retrieved 26 August 2023.
^ Dobre, Florica, ed. (2004). Membrii C. C. al P. C. R.: 1945–1989 (PDF) (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Enciclopedică. pp. 608–609. ISBN 973-45-0486-X.
^ "Cleopa Ilie". www.poezie.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 26 August 2023.
^ OECD Publishing, Sep 29, 2000, OECD Review of Agricultural Policies: Romania 2000, p. 33
^ OECD Publishing, Sep 29, 2000, OECD Review of Agricultural Policies: Romania 2000, p. 33
^ Gertrude Enderle-Burcel, Piotr Franaszek, Dieter Stiefel, Alice Teichova, Wydawnictwo UJ, 2009, Gaps in the Iron Curtain: Economic Relation between neutral and Socialist States in Cold War Europe, p. 111
^ OECD Publishing, Oct 29, 2002, OECD Economic Surveys: Romania 2002, p. 66

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[1] Website of the Baia de Arieș town hall (in Romanian)

[2] "Băsescu, în 1998: Ciorbea este un "biet profitor"". Adevărul (in Romanian). 27 October 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

[:0-3] "Guvernele României \ GUVERNUL RADU VASILE". Rompres (in Romanian). 11 February 2007. Archived from the original on 11 February 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

[4] "Emil Constantinescu îl acuză pe Radu Vasile". BBC Romanian (in Romanian). 24 August 2006. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

[5] Henry F. Carey, Lexington Books, 2004, Romania Since 1989: Politics, Economics, and Society, p. 75

[6] "Continuă igienizarea pe cursurile râurilor din Banat! Au fost adunate tone de deșeuri până acum". gazetadinvest.ro. 21 June 2019.

[7] [Alexandru Florian, Indiana University Press, Jan 24, 2018, Holocaust Public Memory in Postcommunist Romania, pp. 73 and 102]

[8] Robert Asăvoaei at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)

[9] Frank Litsky (11 January 1998). "Lia Manoliu, 65, Olympian And Romanian Sports Figure". The New York Times. p. 1 28. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[10] "Dumitru Berciu". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

[11] "Arhiepiscopul Ioan Ploscaru". www.bru.ro (in Romanian). Romanian Greek Catholic Church. Retrieved 26 August 2023.

[12] Gabriel Sandu at WorldFootball.net

[13] Anderson, Martin (28 October 1998). "Obituary: Anatol Vieru". The Independent. Retrieved 26 August 2023.

[14] Șchiopu, Ana-Maria (15 October 2019). "Portret Leopoldina Bălănuță, tragica doamnă a teatrului cu voce de înger: "Cea mai mare nefericire e să n-ai nevoie de cultură"". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved 26 August 2023.

[15] Dobrescu, Petre (23 October 2011). "Se împlinesc 13 ani de la moartea actorului Silviu Stănculescu". Libertatea (in Romanian). Retrieved 26 August 2023.

[16] Dobre, Florica, ed. (2004). Membrii C. C. al P. C. R.: 1945–1989 (PDF) (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Enciclopedică. pp. 608–609. ISBN 973-45-0486-X.

[17] "Cleopa Ilie". www.poezie.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 26 August 2023.

[18] OECD Publishing, Sep 29, 2000, OECD Review of Agricultural Policies: Romania 2000, p. 33

[19] OECD Publishing, Sep 29, 2000, OECD Review of Agricultural Policies: Romania 2000, p. 33

[20] Gertrude Enderle-Burcel, Piotr Franaszek, Dieter Stiefel, Alice Teichova, Wydawnictwo UJ, 2009, Gaps in the Iron Curtain: Economic Relation between neutral and Socialist States in Cold War Europe, p. 111

[21] OECD Publishing, Oct 29, 2002, OECD Economic Surveys: Romania 2002, p. 66

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