February 1990 Mineriad

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February 1990 Mineriad
Part of the mineriads
Protest at the Victoria Palace in Bucharest
Date	18–19 February 1990

The February 1990 Mineriad was a mineriad that occurred in Bucharest, the capital of Romania. Although it was at first non-violent, the protests later escalated. This Mineriad happened 18–19 February,^[1] less than a month after the January 1990 Mineriad. Despite the demonstrators' pleas to non-violence, several persons started throwing stones into the Victoria Palace Government building. Riot police and army forces intervened to restore order, and on the same night, 4,000 miners headed to Bucharest. Opposition leaders and independent media speculated that the demonstration was manipulated by the Securitate and the National Salvation Front. Miners maintained their relative innocence of the violence, claiming that the agitation and most of the brutality was the work of Ion Iliescu's government agents who had infiltrated and disguised themselves as miners.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Mircea Chelaru despre mineriade: "19 februarie a fost repetiția pentru 14 iunie"". Adevărul (in Romanian). April 24, 2010. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
^ [1] Archived 2017-05-15 at the Wayback Machine History of Jiu Valley Mineriads
^ "1990 – Anul 0 Era Noastră. A doua mineriadă, o enigmă postdecembristă" (in Romanian). Digi24. February 23, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
^ Diac, Mihai (October 21, 2015). "Mineriadele au arătat lumii o Românie sălbatică și neguvernabilă". România Liberă (in Romanian). Retrieved March 10, 2022.
^ Arsene, Georgiana (January 10, 2021). "Adevărul despre "mineriada" din 19 februarie 1990".

v t e Riots, protests and civil disorder in Romania and predecessor states
Before the 20th century	Bobâlna revolt Săbăoani revolt Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan Wallachian uprising of 1821 Moldavian Revolution of 1848 Wallachian Revolution of 1848 Republic of Ploiești 1888 Romanian Peasants' revolt
20th century	1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt Romanian Fleet mutiny 1918 Bucharest strike Khotyn Uprising Ținutul Sării revolt Bender Uprising 1920 Romanian general strike Tatarbunary Uprising Lupeni strike of 1929 Grivița strike of 1933 Ghimeș Valley peasant revolt Legionnaire rebellion Bucharest student movement of 1956 Timișoara student movement of 1956 Jiu Valley miners' strike of 1977 Brașov Rebellion 1989 Romanian Revolution 1990 ethnic clashes in Târgu Mureș Golaniad Bridge of Flowers demonstration Mineriads January 1990 Mineriad February 1990 Mineriad June 1990 Mineriad September 1991 Mineriad January 1999 Mineriad February 1999 Mineriad 1993 Hădăreni riots
21st century	2006 Ferentari riot 2012–2015 unrest in Romania 2012 Romanian protests 2012–2014 Romanian protests against shale gas 2012 Romanian constitutional crisis 2013 Romanian protests against the Roșia Montană Project 2015 Romanian protests 2017–19 Romanian protests 2019 disputes regarding the military cemetery in Valea Uzului [ro] 2020 Ditrău xenophobic incident 2023 Romanian teachers' strike

v t e Ion Iliescu
2nd President of Romania Born (1930-03-03)3 March 1930
Political activities	President of Iași County Council (1974–1979) President of the National Salvation Front (1990–1992) President of Romania (1990–1996; 2000–2004) Honorary President of the Social Democratic Party (2001–present)
Parties	Communist Party (1953–1984) National Salvation Front (1990–1992) Democratic National Salvation Front (1992–1993) Party of Social Democracy in Romania (1993–2001) Social Democratic Party (2001–present)
Elections and referendums	1990 general election 1991 constitutional referendum 1992 general election 1996 general election 2000 general election 2003 constitutional referendum
Events	Mineriads January 1990 February 1990 June 1990 September 1991 Ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș (1990) Golaniad (1990) Bridge of Flowers (1990) 1990 Vrancea earthquakes Caritas (1992–1994) 1993 Hădăreni riots Snagov Declaration 2002 floods 2002–2007 property bubble
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