1998 in Romania explained

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.
• 17 April – The Vasile Cabinet takes its oath of office.

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.

Deaths

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

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.^[16]
• 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.^[17] The latter was greater than the Ceaușescu-era peak of $10.2 billion in 1981.^[18]
• 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%).^[19]

See also

• Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
• Romania at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Notes and References

1. https://primariabaiadearies.ro/cultura-locala/agenda-culturala/ Website of the Baia de Arieș town hall (in Romanian)
2. Web site: 2011-10-27 . Băsescu, în 1998: Ciorbea este un "biet profitor" . 2022-09-05 . Adevărul . ro.
3. Web site: 2007-02-11 . Guvernele României \ GUVERNUL RADU VASILE . 2022-09-05 . . ro . 11 February 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070211045649/http://documentare.rompres.ro/guverne.php?i=10 . dead.
4. Web site: 2006-08-24 . Emil Constantinescu îl acuză pe Radu Vasile . 2022-09-05 . . ro.
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=QjqxzR0xTvoC&pg=PA75 Henry F. Carey, Lexington Books, 2004, Romania Since 1989: Politics, Economics, and Society, p. 75
6. Web site: 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. News: Frank Litsky . Frank Litsky . Lia Manoliu, 65, Olympian And Romanian Sports Figure . subscription . 25 August 2023 . . 11 January 1998 . 1 28.
9. Web site: Dumitru Berciu . data.bnf.fr . . 16 June 2022 . French .
10. Web site: Arhiepiscopul Ioan Ploscaru. Romanian Greek Catholic Church. ro. www.bru.ro. August 26, 2023.
11. News: Obituary: Anatol Vieru. Martin. Anderson. The Independent. October 28, 1998. August 26, 2023.
12. News: Șchiopu . Ana-Maria . October 15, 2019 . Portret Leopoldina Bălănuță, tragica doamnă a teatrului cu voce de înger: "Cea mai mare nefericire e să n-ai nevoie de cultură" . ro . . August 26, 2023.
13. News: Se împlinesc 13 ani de la moartea actorului Silviu Stănculescu. ro. Petre. Dobrescu. Libertatea. October 23, 2011. August 26, 2023.
14. Book: Florica. Dobre. Membrii C. C. al P. C. R.: 1945 - 1989. ro. 608 - 609. Editura Enciclopedică. Bucharest. 2004. 973-45-0486-X.
15. Web site: Cleopa Ilie. ro. www.poezie.ro. August 26, 2023.
16. https://books.google.com/books?id=U57WAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA33 OECD Publishing, Sep 29, 2000, OECD Review of Agricultural Policies: Romania 2000, p. 33
17. https://books.google.com/books?id=U57WAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA33 OECD Publishing, Sep 29, 2000, OECD Review of Agricultural Policies: Romania 2000, p. 33
18. https://books.google.com/books?id=irc1DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA111 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
19. https://books.google.com/books?id=JKfWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA66 OECD Publishing, Oct 29, 2002, OECD Economic Surveys: Romania 2002, p. 66