National Day of Romania

National Day of Romania was between 1866-1947 on May 10, then from 1948
to 1989, August 23. By law no. 10 of July 31, 1990, promulgated by President Ion
Iliescu and published in the Official Gazette no. 95 of August 1, 1990, December 1,
was adopted as a national day and a public holiday in Romania. This provision was
repeated from 1991 Constitution, Article 12, paragraph 2. anticommunist opposition
in Romania pleaded for the adoption n1990 December 22 national holiday, actually
recorded in transcripts of parliamentary debates.

Historical
Prince Carol of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen filed May 10, 1866 Day oath in front
of the representative of the United Romanian Principalities. In memory of this event,
10 mai1877, all he proclaimed to parliament Romania's state independence. In
March 14 / March 26, 1881 voted to the Parliament on the country's transformation
from a principality in the Kingdom of Romania. To mark the event, the National Day
celebrated on May 10, 1881 was one of the most spectacular festivals in Romanian
history.
After the forced abdication of King Michael I on 30 December 1947, the
Chamber of Deputies passed the law no. 363 of 1947, which proclaimed the
Romanian People's Republic. August 23 was adopted as a state holiday, as the day
armed insurrection antifascist beginning of the popular uprising in Romania, with
reference to the return of weapons against Nazi Germany and Antonescu
government arrest in 1944.
In 1990, after the 1989 anti-communist revolution, NSF dominated parliament
refused the proposal of the opposition to adopt On December 22 national holiday of
Romania. Amid ethnic clashes in Targu Mures in March 1990 and the miners from 13
to 15 June 1990, the Romanian Parliament adopted on 31 July 1990 Law no. 10 of
1990, which was repealed by the Council of Ministers Decision no. 903 of 18 August
1949 on declaring August 23 as a national holiday and proclaimed in its place on 1
December national holiday. Law 10 of 1990 does not specify the meaning or reason
of choosing the 1st of December as National Day of Romania.
The law adopted in 1990 by the parliament dominated by NSF and
promulgated by Ion Iliescu took into account on the one hand fighting sympathies of
tradition monarchical Romania, the national holiday history on May 10, and
countering request anti-communist opposition, adopting the Day December 22
national holiday.

Choosing the 1st of December, although we explicitly referred to the unification

of Transylvania, Banat, Crisana and Maramures with Romania in 1918, namely the
Proclamation of Alba Iulia, which took place on 1 December 1918. The choice of this
day as a national holiday Romania was seen as an affront to the Hungarian minority
in Romania, for which December 1 marked a political loss.
The first national day of December 1, whose central celebrations were held in
1990 in Alba Iulia, was marked by political polarization, Coposu's speech, the then
leader of the anti objective being interrupted several times by jeers. Petre Roman,
Prime Minister then said he was pleased interrupted repeatedly discourse opposition
leader, what did President Ion Iliescu to give him a hand signal for stop gesture
filmed and widely disseminated by the media.