2008 in Romania

Events from the year 2008 in Romania.

Incumbents

 * President: Traian Băsescu
 * Prime Minister: Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (until 22 December); Emil Boc (from 22 December)

Events

 * April 2 – A NATO summit takes place at the Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest.
 * May - Never Mind the Balkans, Here's Romania story collection is published.
 * 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.
 * 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.

Deaths

 * 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)