1948 in Romania

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See also:	Other events of 1948 History of Romania Timeline of Romanian history Years in Romania

Events from the year 1948 in Romania. The year saw the formalisation of the Romanian People's Republic.

Incumbents

• President of the Provisional Presidium of the Republic: Constantin Ion Parhon.[1]
• Prime Minister: Petru Groza.[2]
• General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej.[3]

Events

• 28 March – The first elections held in the Romanian People's Republic are held. The People's Democratic Front gain 93.2% of the vote.[4]
• 13 April – A new Constitution is adopted, introducing a "people's democracy."[5]
• 14 May – at least 10.000 innocent romanian citizens are arrested and sentenced to death or prison for life by communist authorities. The football club FC Dinamo București is founded.[6]

• 11 June – The Great National Assembly announces the nationalization of all industry, mines, banking and transportation.[7]
• 30 August – The Securitate (Departamentul Securității Statului, Department of State Security) is found.[8]

Births

• 17 February – Valentin Ceaușescu, physicist.
• 19 July – Argentina Menis, Olympic-medal-winning discus thrower.[9]
• 3 August – Ioana Tudoran, Olympic-medal-winning rower.[10]
• 13 August – Prince Paul, claimant to the Royal House of Romania.[11]
• 28 November – Mariana Nicolesco, operatic soprano (died 2022).[12]

Deaths

• 2 February – Smaranda Brăescu, parachuting and aviation pioneer (born 1897).[13]
• 27 February – Nicodim, Patriarch of All Romania between 1939 and 1948 (born 1864).[14]
• 29 February – Constantin S. Constantin, major general during World War II, he died at Văcărești Prison (born 1889).[15]
• 5 May – Sextil Pușcariu, linguist and philologist (born 1877).[16]
• 16 June – Mircea Damian, prose writer and journalist (born 1899).
• 22 June – Ioan Simu, Greek-Catholic priest and politician (born 1875).[17]
• 14 September – Constantin Angelescu, Prime Minister of Romania between 30 December 1933 and 3 January 1934 (born 1869).[18]
• 13 December – Zaharia Bârsan, playwright, poet, and actor (born 1878).[19]
• 19 December – Ella Negruzzi, lawyer and human rights advocate (born 1876).[20]

References

1. Cioroianu, Adrian (2005). Pe Umerii lui Marx. O Introducere în Istoria Comunismului Românesc [On the Shoulders of Marx. An Exploration into the History of Romanian Communism] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Curtea Veche. p. 280. ISBN 978-973-669-390-8.
2. Tucker, Spencer (2020). The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 669. ISBN 978-1-44086-076-8.
3. Bell, Imogen (2003). Central and South-Eastern Europe. London: Europa. p. 483. ISBN 978-1-85743-186-5.
4. Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (2010). Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook. Baden-Baden: Nomos. p. 1604. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
5. Roszkowski, Wojciech (2015). East Central Europe: A Concise History. Warsaw: Instytut Studiów Politycznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk. p. 310. ISBN 978-8-36409-148-3.
6. "Editorial Cornel Dinu. Tristeți istorice de ziua lui Dinamo. Paralelă dureroasă cu statul Israel, fondat la aceeași dată, 14 mai 1948" [Editorial Cornel Dinu. Historical sadness for Dinamo's birthday. Painful parallel with the state of Israel, founded on the same date, May 14, 1948]. www.fanatik.ro (in Romanian). 14 May 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
7. Tomaszewski, Jerzy (1989). The Socialist Regimes of East Central Europe: Their Establishment and Consolidation, 1944-67. London: Routledge. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-41502-027-5.
8. Deletant, Dennis (2010). Ceausescu and the Securitate: Coercion and Dissent in Romania, 1965-1989. London: Hurst & Company. p. 65.
9. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Argentina Menis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
10. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "oana Tudoran". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
11. Eilers, Marlene A. (1998). Queen Victoria's Descendants. Falköping: Rosvall Royal Books. p. 189. ISBN 978-9-16305-964-3.
12. Elster, Robert J.; Tyndall, Amy (2009). International Who's Who in Classical Music. London: Routledge. p. 592. ISBN 978-1-85743-513-9.
13. "Smaranda Brăescu". BVAU. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017.
14. Cioroianu, Adrian (2002). Focul Ascuns în Piatră [The Fire Hidden in the Stone] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Polirom. p. 310. ISBN 978-973-68-1076-3.
15. "Generali români – morți în închisorile regimului trecut (23 august 1944 – 15 octombrie 1964)" [Romanian Generals Who Died in the Prisons of the Former Regime (23 August 1944 – 15 October 1964)]. Cuvântul Liber (in Romanian). October 29, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-29. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
16. Niculescu, Alexandru (1998–1999), "Sextil Pușcariu – un simbol al demnității transilvane" (PDF), Dacoromania (in Romanian), III–IV, Cluj-Napoca: 187–190
17. Totoianu, Radu (2018), "On the Political Activities of the Greek-Catholic Protopope of Sebeș, Ioan Simu (1875–1948)" (PDF), Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis, 10: 315–331
18. Olaru, Corneliu (2001). Un Secol de Economie Românească, 1848-1947: Oamenii și Opera [A Century of Romanian Economy, 1848-1947: People and Work] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Newa TED. ISBN 978-9-73903-514-9.
19. Aurel Sasu (ed.), Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române, vol. I, p. 433. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004. ISBN 973-697-758-7
20. Maftei, Ionel (15 August 2001). "Jurista Ella Negruzzi, 125 de ani de la nastere" [Lawyer Ella Negruzzi, 125 years since her birth] (in Romanian). Iași, Romania: Evenimentul Regional al Moldovei. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.