2009 in Romania
Events from the year 2009 in Romania. Incumbents

President: Traian Băsescu
Prime Minister: Emil Boc

Events 
 June 7 - 2009 European Parliament election in Romania
 July 16 - Stadium Cluj Arena construction begins on the site of demolished Ion Moina Stadium. November 24 - The Avdhela Project, an Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative, is launched in the Romanian Peasant Museum in Bucharest. December 6 - 2009 Romanian presidential election
 2009 - Badly affected by the late-2000s recession, the International Monetary Fund and other lenders agree to provide Romania a rescue package worth 20 billion Euros. Deaths

January 

 January 5 - Mircea Stănescu, 39, Romanian politician, MP (2004–2008), apparent suicide by gunshot. January 9 - István Antal, 50, Romanian Olympic ice hockey player, cardiac arrest. February 

 February 8 – Marian Cozma, 26, Romanian handball player, stabbed. February 27 – Manea Mănescu, 92, 50th Prime Minister of Romania (1974–1979) (born 1916)

March 

 March 19 - Ion Dolănescu, 65, Romanian singer and politician, heart attack. March 31 - Marga Barbu, 80, Romanian actress. April 

 April 28 - Valeria Peter Predescu, 62, Romanian singer, heart attack. May 

 May 9 - Mendi Rodan, 80, Romanian-born Israeli conductor and violinist, cancer. July 

 July 6 - Mihai Baicu, 33, Romanian footballer, heart attack. August 

 August 7 - Tatiana Stepa, 46, Romanian folk singer, cervical cancer. August 11 - Valeriu Lazarov, 73, Romanian-born Spanish television producer. August 15 - Florin Bogardo, 67, Romanian singer. September 

 September 15 - Nicu Constantin, 70, Romanian actor. October 

 October 3 - Vasile Louis Puscas, 94, American Bishop of St George's in Canton in the Romanian Catholic Church. October 13 - Paul Barbă Neagră, 80, Romanian film director and essayist. October 18
 Ion Cojar, 78, Romanian actor and film director, Parkinson's disease. Ovidiu Mușetescu, 54, Romanian politician, cancer. October 18 - Radu Timofte, 60, Romanian intelligence officer, director of the Romanian Intelligence Service (2001–2006), leukemia. October 25 - Thea Segall, 80, Romanian photographer who lived in Venezuela since 1958 until her death. November 

 November 10 - Gheorghe Dinică, 75, Romanian actor, cardiac arrest. November 26 - Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, 60, Romanian Olympic fencer. November 27 - Jacques Braunstein, 78, Romanian-born Venezuelan economist, publicist and jazz disc jockey, heart failure. (Spanish)

December 

 December28 - Zoltán Horváth, 30, Romanian-born Hungarian basketball player, car accident. See also

List of Romanian films of 2009 
2009 in the European Union
Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

References

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Years of the 21st century in Romania
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2000s in Romania
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