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National Day of Romania

National Day of Romania was between 1866-1947 on May 10, then from 1948

to 1989, Auust !"# $y law no# 10 of %uly "1, 1990, &romulate' by (resi'ent )on

)lies*u an' &ublishe' in the +ffi*ial aette no# 9. of Auust 1, 1990, De*ember 1,

was a'o&te' as a national 'ay an' a &ubli* holi'ay in Romania# /his &roision was

re&eate' from 1991 onstitution, Arti*le 1!, &arara&h !# anti*ommunist o&&osition

in Romania &lea'e' for the a'o&tion 2n1990 De*ember !! national holi'ay, a*tually

re*or'e' in trans*ri&ts of &arliamentary 'ebates#

Historical

(rin*e arol of 3ohenollern-imarinen file' May 10, 1866 Day oath in front

of the re&resentatie of the 5nite' Romanian (rin*i&alities# )n memory of this eent,

10 mai1877, all he &ro*laime' to &arliament Romanias state in'e&en'en*e# )n

Mar*h 14 Mar*h !6, 1881 ote' to the (arliament on the *ountrys transformation

from a &rin*i&ality in the in'om of Romania# /o mar the eent, the National Day

*elebrate' on May 10, 1881 was one of the most s&e*ta*ular festials in Romanian

history#

 After the for*e' ab'i*ation of in Mi*hael ) on "0 De*ember 1947, the

hamber of De&uties &asse' the law no# "6" of 1947, whi*h &ro*laime' theRomanian (eo&les Re&ubli*# Auust !" was a'o&te' as a state holi'ay, as the 'ay

arme' insurre*tion antifas*ist beinnin of the &o&ular u&risin in Romania, with

referen*e to the return of wea&ons aainst Nai ermany an' Antones*u

oernment arrest in 1944#

)n 1990, after the 1989 anti-*ommunist reolution, N: 'ominate' &arliament

refuse' the &ro&osal of the o&&osition to a'o&t +n De*ember !! national holi'ay of 

Romania# Ami' ethni* *lashes in /aru Mures in Mar*h 1990 an' the miners from 1"

to 1. %une 1990, the Romanian (arliament a'o&te' on "1 %uly 1990 ;aw no# 10 of 

1990, whi*h was re&eale' by the oun*il of Ministers De*ision no# 90" of 18 Auust1949 on 'e*larin Auust !" as a national holi'ay an' &ro*laime' in its &la*e on 1

De*ember national holi'ay# ;aw 10 of 1990 'oes not s&e*ify the meanin or reason

of *hoosin the 1st of De*ember as National Day of Romania#

/he law a'o&te' in 1990 by the &arliament 'ominate' by N: an'

&romulate' by )on )lies*u too into a**ount on the one han' fihtin sym&athies of 

tra'ition monar*hi*al Romania, the national holi'ay history on May 10, an'

*ounterin re<uest anti-*ommunist o&&osition, a'o&tin the Day De*ember !!

national holi'ay#

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hoosin the 1st of De*ember, althouh we e=&li*itly referre' to the unifi*ation

of /ransylania, $anat, risana an' Maramures with Romania in 1918, namely the

(ro*lamation of Alba )ulia, whi*h too &la*e on 1 De*ember 1918# /he *hoi*e of this

'ay as a national holi'ay Romania was seen as an affront to the 3unarian minority

in Romania, for whi*h De*ember 1 mare' a &oliti*al loss#

/he first national 'ay of De*ember 1, whose *entral *elebrations were hel' in

1990 in Alba )ulia, was mare' by &oliti*al &olariation, o&osus s&ee*h, the then

lea'er of the anti ob>e*tie bein interru&te' seeral times by >eers# (etre Roman,

(rime Minister then sai' he was &lease' interru&te' re&eate'ly 'is*ourse o&&osition

lea'er, what 'i' (resi'ent )on )lies*u to ie him a han' sinal for sto& esture

filme' an' wi'ely 'isseminate' by the me'ia#

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