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See also:	Other events of 2005 History of Romania Timeline of Romanian history Years in Romania

Events from the year 2005 in Romania.

Incumbents

• President: Traian Băsescu
• Prime Minister: Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu

Events

• 28 April - The MTV Romania Music Awards 2005 ceremony is held at Sala Palatului.
• 21 May - Luminiţa Anghel & Sistem represent Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest in Ukraine, with the song "Let Me Try"; they finish third.
• November - The People's Party is formed by Corneliu Ciontu.
• 4 June - The Civic Forum of the Romanians of Covasna, Harghita and Mureș is founded.
• 16 December - The Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic, is elevated to the rank of a Major Archiepiscopal Church by Pope Benedict XVI.
• December - President Traian Băsescu and United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sign an agreement that will allow a U.S. military presence at several Romanian facilities primarily in the eastern part of the country.

Deaths

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• 16 March – Sergiu Cunescu, politician, the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Romania (PSDR) (born 1923)
• 25 August – Aurora Gruescu, the world's first female forestry engineer (born 1914)
• 2 September – Alexandru Paleologu, essayist, literary critic, diplomat and politician (born 1919)

See also

• 2005 in Europe
• Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

• Romania
• Europe
• Modern history

References

1. Eugen Tomiuc (13 December 2004). "Romania: Basescu Wins Presidential Vote, Vows To Fight Corruption". Radio Free Europe. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
2. "Calin Popescu Tariceanu - 2004-2008". GlobalSecurity. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
3. Cronica Română, Partidul Popular, absorbit de PNG-CD Archived July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, August 2, 2006
4. "A fost înființat Forumul Civic al Românilor din Harghita și Covasna". Basilica News Agency (in Romanian). 4 June 2005.
5. CatholicCulture.org. Accessed 8 December 2013
6. "Background Note: Romania – U.S.-Romanian Relations". U.S. Department of State.
7. Stoiculescu, Cristian D. (2014), "Salvgardarea pădurilor virgine din România, o datorie europeană" (PDF), Revista pădurilor, 129 (5–6): 20–37

External links

• Media related to 2005 in Romania at Wikimedia Commons

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