title: 2010 in Romania
text: # 2010 in Romania
  
  Events from the year 2010 in Romania.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Traian Băsescu
  * Prime Minister: Emil Boc
  
  ## Events
  
  * February 19 - Romania is set to introduce a tax on fast food in March.
  * May 19 - At least 40,000 Romanians rally in Bucharest to protest planned wage cuts the government says are needed to shore up the ailing economy.
  * June 25 - The Constitutional Court of Romania rules that government budget plans are "unconstitutional"; this decision cannot be appealed.
  * June 29 - At least 21 people die and hundreds are evacuated after major floods in the northeast of Romania.
  * August 31 - Fossils of Balaur genus dinosaur are unearthed in Romania.
  * September 2 - Sebastian Vlădescu is replaced as Romanian Minister of Finance by Gheorghe Ialomitianu as part of a Cabinet reshuffle.
  
  ## Deaths
  
  ### January
  
  * January 5 - Toni Tecuceanu, 37, Romanian comedy actor, bacterial infection.
  
  ### February
  
  * February 25 – Gheorghe Gaston Marin, 91, Romanian politician.
  
  ### March
  
  * March 9 - Gheorghe Constantin, 77, Romanian footballer and manager.
  * March 17 - Ștefan Gheorghiu, 83, Romanian violinist.
  
  ### April
  
  * April 4 - Lajos Bálint, 80, Hungarian-born Romanian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Alba Iulia (1990–1993).
  * April 17 - Alexandru Neagu, 61, Romanian footballer (FC Rapid București).
  * April 29 - Avigdor Arikha, 81, Romanian-born Israeli painter, complications of cancer.
  
  ### May
  
  * May 26 - Jean Constantin, 82, Romanian actor, natural causes.
  
  ### July
  
  * July 6 - Simion Stanciu, 60, Romanian pan flautist, after long illness.
  * July 14 - Mădălina Manole, 43, Romanian pop singer, suicide.
  * July 29 - Nicolae Popescu, 72, Romanian mathematician.
  
  ### August
  
  * August 21 - Gheorghe Apostol, 97, Romanian politician, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party (1954–1955).
  * August 22 - Gheorghe Fiat, 81, Romanian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) boxer.
  
  ### November
  
  * November 1 - Mihai Chițac, 81, Romanian general, Minister of Interior (1989–1990), after long illness.
  * November 5 - Adrian Păunescu, 67, Romanian author, poet and politician.
  * November 16 - Ilie Savu, 90, Romanian footballer and coach, hepatic cirrhosis.
  * November 20 - Roxana Briban, 39, Romanian soprano, apparent suicide.
  
  ### December
  
  * December 10 - Nicolas Astrinidis, 89, Romanian-born Greek composer, pianist, conductor, and educator.
  