1961 in Romania

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

27 February – The border between Romania and the Soviet Union is agreed, including passing Snake Island to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
5 March – Parliamentary elections are held, with a single candidates from the People's Democratic Front per constituency.
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.
13 September – Romania signs the New York Convention on arbitration awards.

3 January – Carmen Tănase, film, TV and theatre actor.
4 June – Alexandru Zaharescu, mathematician.
16 June – Petru Iosub, rower, gold medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
22 June – Rovana Plumb, politician and president of the Social Democratic Party between 2014 and 2015.
10 September – Dimitrie Popescu, rower, silver medal winner at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics and gold medal winner at the 1992 games.
15 September – Carmen Bunaciu, swimmer, gold medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
12 November – Nadia Comăneci, Romanian retired gymnast and a five-time Olympic gold medalist.

3 January – Nicolae Hortolomei, surgeon and medical scientist.
8 March – Gala Galaction, theologian and writer.
9 April – Alexandru Kirițescu, playwright and journalist.
6 May – Lucian Blaga, philosopher, poet, and playwright.
4 June – Alice Voinescu, writer and essayist, first Romanian woman to become a Doctor of Philosophy.
11 August – Dan Barbilian, known under the pen name Ion Barbu, mathematician and poet.
18 September – Ilarion Felea, priest and theologian, who died at Aiud Prison.
19 September – Lucia Sturdza-Bulandra, theatre actor and director.
21 September – Claudia Millian, poet.
19 October – Mihail Sadoveanu, novelist and political figure.