This is a list of 1965 events that occurred in the Socialist Republic of Romania.
Incumbents
President: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Ending –19 March 1965; then Nicolae Ceaușescu Beginning –22 March 1965
Prime Minister: Ion Gheorghe Maurer
Events
March
22 March – Nicolae Ceaușescu becomes the first secretary of the Romanian Communist Party, after the sudden death of previous leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej on 19 March that year.
Births
February
5 February – Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer, manager and club owner
April
30 April – Dorina Mitrea, Romanian-American mathematician.
May
16 May – Rodica Dunca, Romanian artistic gymnast
23 May – Preda Mihăilescu, Romanian mathematician.
June
22 June – George Marinescu, Romanian mathematician.
December
6 December – Cornel Mihai Ungureanu, Romanian novelist and journalist
Deaths
March
12 March – George Călinescu, literary critic (born 1899). 19 March – Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, Romanian communist leader, 47th Prime Minister of Romania (born 1901).
April
22 April – Petre Antonescu, Romanian architect (b. 1873).
December
11 December – George Constantinescu, Romanian scientist (b. 1881)