1961 in Romania explained

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 (ro|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]

Notes and References

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2. Book: Lentz, Harris M. . Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 . London . Routledge . 2014 . 660 . 978-1-13426-490-2.
3. Book: Vojtech . Mastny . Malcolm . Byrne . A Cardboard Castle?: An Inside History of the Warsaw Pact, 1955–1991 . Budapest . Central European University Press . 2005 . 691 . 978-6-15505-369-6.
4. Book: Tucker, Spencer . The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection . Santa Barbara . ABC-CLIO . 2020 . 978-1-44086-076-8 . 669.
5. Book: Tucker, Spencer . The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection . Santa Barbara . ABC-CLIO . 2020 . 978-1-44086-076-8 . 669.
6. Anatoliy. Kruglashov . Troublesome neighborhood: Romania and Ukraine relationship . New Ukraine. A Journal of History and Politics . 11 . 2011 . 125.
7. Book: Dieter . Nohlen . Dieter Nohlen . Philip . Stöve . Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook . Baden-Baden . Nomos . 2010 . 1591 . 978-3-8329-5609-7.
8. Book: Scurtu, Ioan . 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 . Bucharest . Mica Valahie . 2011 . 310 . 978-6-06830-434-2 . RO.
9. Book: Roger . Hopkins . Benjamin . Horn . Arbitration Law Handbook . London . Informa . 2007 . 95 . 978-1-00034-090-7.
10. Book: Ion . Cantacuzino . Manuela . Gheorghiu . Cinematograful românesc contemporan, 1949–1975 . Contemporary Romanian Cinema, 1949–1975 . Bucharest . Editura Meridiane . 1976 . 216 . 251762553 . RO.
11. Web site: 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 . 18 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210411215158/https://ampress.ro/la-multi-ani-carmen-tanase/ . 11 April 2021 . RO.
12. Web site: Hilary . Evans . Arild . Gjerde . Jeroen . Heijmans . Bill . Mallon . etal . Petru Iosub . https://web.archive.org/web/20150912175531/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/io/petru-iosub-1.html . dead . 12 September 2015 . Sports Reference LLC . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
13. Book: Mureșan, Marius . Destinația Cotroceni: alegerile prezidențiale în România 1990–2014 . Destination Cotroceni: Presidential Elections in Romania 1990–2014 . Iaşi . Polirom . 2000 . 394 . 978-6-06171-506-0 . RO.
14. Web site: Hilary . Evans . Arild . Gjerde . Jeroen . Heijmans . Bill . Mallon . etal . Dimitrie Popescu . https://web.archive.org/web/20150915002752/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/dimitrie-popescu-1.html . dead . 15 September 2015 . Sports Reference LLC . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
15. Web site: Hilary . Evans . Arild . Gjerde . Jeroen . Heijmans . Bill . Mallon . etal . Carmen Bunaciu . https://web.archive.org/web/20151001001010/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/carmen-bunaciu-1.html . dead . 1 October 2015 . Sports Reference LLC . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
16. https://www.olympic.org/nadia-comaneci 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 . 15 January 1961 . 14 .
18. Book: Nedelea, Marin . Istoria României în date, 1940–1995 . A History of Romania in Data 1940–1995 . Niculescu . 1997 . 132 . 978-9-73568-141-8 .
19. News: Vă mai amintiți de... Alexandru Kirițescu. ro. Adevărul. 8 June 2010. 16 June 2013.
20. Book: Mihăilescu, Dan C. . Literatura română în postceaușism: Memorialistica sau trecutul ca re-umanizare . Romanian Literature in Post-Ceausescuism: Memorialistics or the Past as Re-Humanization . Iași . . 2004 . 1 . 40 . 978-9-73681-514-0 . RO.
21. Web site: Ion Barbu/Dan Barbilian, poet și matematician. C.. Voiculesu. Argeș Expres. March 23, 2020. August 21, 2022.
22. Web site: Claudia. Untaru. Ilarion Felea, preotul care a fost condamnat la 20 de ani de temniță grea pentru că s-a împotrivit comunismului. ro. Adevărul. April 16, 2014. August 22, 2022.
23. Book: Prokhorov, Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich . Bol'shaia Sovetskaia entsiklopediia . Great Soviet Encyclopedia . 25 . New York . . 1983 . 184 . 435381348.
24. Book: George Mihail . Zamfirescu . Valeriu . Râpeanu . Mărturii în contemporaneitate . Testimonies in Contemporaneity . Bucharest . Editura Minerva . 1983 . 464 . 490442305.
25. Book: Wojciech . Roszkowski . Jan . Kofman . Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century . New York . . 2015 . 879 . 978-1-31747-593-4.