1961 in Romania

Decades:	1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s;
See also:	Other events of 1961; History of Romania; Timeline of Romanian history; Years in Romania;

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).^[1]
President of the State Council: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (from 21 March).^[2]
Prime Minister:^[3]
- Chivu Stoica (until 21 March),
- Ion Gheorghe Maurer (after 21 March).^[4]
General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej.^[5]

Events

27 February – The border between Romania and the Soviet Union is agreed, including passing Snake Island to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.^[6]
5 March – Parliamentary elections are held, with a single candidates from the People's Democratic Front per constituency.^[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.^[8]
13 September – Romania signs the New York Convention on arbitration awards.^[9]

Art and literature

Thirst (Romanian: Setea), directed by Mircea Drăgan and Mihai Iacob, premiers in Romania and wins silver at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival.^[10]

Births

3 January – Carmen Tănase, film, TV and theatre actor.^[11]
4 June – Alexandru Zaharescu, mathematician.
16 June – Petru Iosub, rower, gold medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[12]
22 June – Rovana Plumb, politician and president of the Social Democratic Party between 2014 and 2015.^[13]
10 September – Dimitrie Popescu, rower, silver medal winner at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics and gold medal winner at the 1992 games.^[14]
15 September – Carmen Bunaciu, swimmer, gold medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[15]
12 November – Nadia Comăneci, Romanian retired gymnast and a five-time Olympic gold medalist.^[16]

Deaths

3 January – Nicolae Hortolomei, surgeon and medical scientist (born 1885).^[17]
8 March – Gala Galaction, theologian and writer (born 1879).^[18]
9 April – Alexandru Kirițescu, playwright and journalist (born 1888).^[19]
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).^[20]
11 August – Dan Barbilian, known under the pen name Ion Barbu, mathematician and poet (born 1895).^[21]
18 September – Ilarion Felea, priest and theologian, who died at Aiud Prison (born 1903).^[22]
19 September – Lucia Sturdza-Bulandra, theatre actor and director (born 1873).^[23]
21 September – Claudia Millian, poet (born 1887).^[24]
19 October – Mihail Sadoveanu, novelist and political figure (born 1880).^[25]

References

^ Spuler, Bertold (1977). Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975. London: Bowker. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-85935-056-3.
^ Lentz, Harris M. (2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. London: Routledge. p. 660. ISBN 978-1-13426-490-2.
^ Mastny, Vojtech; Byrne, Malcolm (2005). A Cardboard Castle?: An Inside History of the Warsaw Pact, 1955–1991. Budapest: Central European University Press. p. 691. ISBN 978-6-15505-369-6.
^ Tucker, Spencer (2020). The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 669. ISBN 978-1-44086-076-8.
^ Tucker, Spencer (2020). The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 669. ISBN 978-1-44086-076-8.
^ Kruglashov, Anatoliy (2011). "Troublesome neighborhood: Romania and Ukraine relationship". New Ukraine. A Journal of History and Politics. 11: 125.
^ Nohlen, Dieter; Stöve, Philip (2010). Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook. Baden-Baden: Nomos. p. 1591. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
^ Scurtu, Ioan (2011). 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] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Mica Valahie. p. 310. ISBN 978-6-06830-434-2.
^ Hopkins, Roger; Horn, Benjamin (2007). Arbitration Law Handbook. London: Informa. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-00034-090-7.
^ Cantacuzino, Ion; Gheorghiu, Manuela (1976). Cinematograful românesc contemporan, 1949–1975 [Contemporary Romanian Cinema, 1949–1975] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Meridiane. p. 216. OCLC 251762553.
^ "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 (in Romanian). 18 January 2020. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Petru Iosub". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015.
^ Mureșan, Marius (2000). Destinația Cotroceni: alegerile prezidențiale în România 1990–2014 [Destination Cotroceni: Presidential Elections in Romania 1990–2014] (in Romanian). Iaşi: Polirom. p. 394. ISBN 978-6-06171-506-0.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dimitrie Popescu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carmen Bunaciu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015.
^ Gymnast Nadia Comăneci Became the Queen of the 1976 Montreal Games when she was Awarded the First Perfect Score.
^ "A Brilliant Representative of Rumanian Surgery: Academician Nicolae Hortolomei". Agepres Information Bulletin: 14. 15 January 1961.
^ Nedelea, Marin (1997). Istoria României în date, 1940–1995 [A History of Romania in Data 1940–1995]. Niculescu. p. 132. ISBN 978-9-73568-141-8.
^ "Vă mai amintiți de... Alexandru Kirițescu". Adevărul (in Romanian). 8 June 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
^ Mihăilescu, Dan C. (2004). Literatura română în postceaușism: Memorialistica sau trecutul ca re-umanizare [Romanian Literature in Post-Ceausescuism: Memorialistics or the Past as Re-Humanization] (in Romanian). Vol. 1. Iași: Polirom. p. 40. ISBN 978-9-73681-514-0.
^ Voiculesu, C. (March 23, 2020). "Ion Barbu/Dan Barbilian, poet și matematician". Argeș Expres. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
^ Untaru, Claudia (April 16, 2014). "Ilarion Felea, preotul care a fost condamnat la 20 de ani de temniță grea pentru că s-a împotrivit comunismului". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved August 22, 2022.
^ Prokhorov, Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich (1983). Bol'shaia Sovetskaia entsiklopediia [Great Soviet Encyclopedia]. Vol. 25. New York: Macmillan. p. 184. OCLC 435381348.
^ Zamfirescu, George Mihail; Râpeanu, Valeriu (1983). Mărturii în contemporaneitate [Testimonies in Contemporaneity]. Bucharest: Editura Minerva. p. 464. OCLC 490442305.
^ Roszkowski, Wojciech; Kofman, Jan (2015). Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. New York: Routledge. p. 879. ISBN 978-1-31747-593-4.

[1] Spuler, Bertold (1977). Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975. London: Bowker. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-85935-056-3.

[2] Lentz, Harris M. (2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. London: Routledge. p. 660. ISBN 978-1-13426-490-2.

[3] Mastny, Vojtech; Byrne, Malcolm (2005). A Cardboard Castle?: An Inside History of the Warsaw Pact, 1955–1991. Budapest: Central European University Press. p. 691. ISBN 978-6-15505-369-6.

[4] Tucker, Spencer (2020). The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 669. ISBN 978-1-44086-076-8.

[5] Tucker, Spencer (2020). The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 669. ISBN 978-1-44086-076-8.

[6] Kruglashov, Anatoliy (2011). "Troublesome neighborhood: Romania and Ukraine relationship". New Ukraine. A Journal of History and Politics. 11: 125.

[7] Nohlen, Dieter; Stöve, Philip (2010). Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook. Baden-Baden: Nomos. p. 1591. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.

[8] Scurtu, Ioan (2011). 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] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Mica Valahie. p. 310. ISBN 978-6-06830-434-2.

[9] Hopkins, Roger; Horn, Benjamin (2007). Arbitration Law Handbook. London: Informa. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-00034-090-7.

[10] Cantacuzino, Ion; Gheorghiu, Manuela (1976). Cinematograful românesc contemporan, 1949–1975 [Contemporary Romanian Cinema, 1949–1975] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Meridiane. p. 216. OCLC 251762553.

[11] "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 (in Romanian). 18 January 2020. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021.

[12] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Petru Iosub". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015.

[13] Mureșan, Marius (2000). Destinația Cotroceni: alegerile prezidențiale în România 1990–2014 [Destination Cotroceni: Presidential Elections in Romania 1990–2014] (in Romanian). Iaşi: Polirom. p. 394. ISBN 978-6-06171-506-0.

[14] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dimitrie Popescu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015.

[15] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carmen Bunaciu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015.

[16] Gymnast Nadia Comăneci Became the Queen of the 1976 Montreal Games when she was Awarded the First Perfect Score.

[17] "A Brilliant Representative of Rumanian Surgery: Academician Nicolae Hortolomei". Agepres Information Bulletin: 14. 15 January 1961.

[18] Nedelea, Marin (1997). Istoria României în date, 1940–1995 [A History of Romania in Data 1940–1995]. Niculescu. p. 132. ISBN 978-9-73568-141-8.

[19] "Vă mai amintiți de... Alexandru Kirițescu". Adevărul (in Romanian). 8 June 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

[20] Mihăilescu, Dan C. (2004). Literatura română în postceaușism: Memorialistica sau trecutul ca re-umanizare [Romanian Literature in Post-Ceausescuism: Memorialistics or the Past as Re-Humanization] (in Romanian). Vol. 1. Iași: Polirom. p. 40. ISBN 978-9-73681-514-0.

[21] Voiculesu, C. (March 23, 2020). "Ion Barbu/Dan Barbilian, poet și matematician". Argeș Expres. Retrieved August 21, 2022.

[22] Untaru, Claudia (April 16, 2014). "Ilarion Felea, preotul care a fost condamnat la 20 de ani de temniță grea pentru că s-a împotrivit comunismului". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved August 22, 2022.

[23] Prokhorov, Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich (1983). Bol'shaia Sovetskaia entsiklopediia [Great Soviet Encyclopedia]. Vol. 25. New York: Macmillan. p. 184. OCLC 435381348.

[24] Zamfirescu, George Mihail; Râpeanu, Valeriu (1983). Mărturii în contemporaneitate [Testimonies in Contemporaneity]. Bucharest: Editura Minerva. p. 464. OCLC 490442305.

[25] Roszkowski, Wojciech; Kofman, Jan (2015). Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. New York: Routledge. p. 879. ISBN 978-1-31747-593-4.

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