2008 in Romania

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Events from the year 2008 in Romania.

Incumbents

April 2 – A NATO summit takes place at the Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest.^[4]
May - Never Mind the Balkans, Here's Romania story collection is published.^[5]
June 1 – 2008 Romanian local elections, with a runoff for mayors on June 15.
November 15 – Petrila Mine disaster: Twelve miners die after two explosions at a mine in Petrila, one of six coal mining cities in the Jiu Valley region of Hunedoara County.^[6]
November 24 – Another miner dies at Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest, raising the death toll from the Petrila Mine disaster to 13.
November 30 – 2008 Romanian legislative election.

George Emil Palade

January 3 – Petru Dugulescu, pastor, politician (born 1945)
January 22 – Ștefan Niculescu, composer (born 1927)
February 18 – Mihaela Mitrache, actress (born 1955)
August 16 – Elena Leușteanu, Olympic gymnast (born 1935)
September 7 – Ilarion Ciobanu, actor (born 1931)
September 14 – Ștefan Iordache, actor (born 1941)
October 8 – George Emil Palade, cell biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)