June 1990 Mineriad

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June 1990 Mineriad
Part of the mineriads and the Golaniad
Date	13–15 June 1990
Location	Bucharest, Romania
Methods	Demonstration Revolt Civil disobedience Vandalism
Parties
Anti-government protesters Government of Romania Jiu Valley miners Romanian Police
Lead figures
Marian Munteanu Miron Cozma Ion Iliescu
Casualties
Death(s)	6 (official) over 100 (claims by opposition press)
Injuries	746–1,000

The June 1990 Mineriad was the suppression of anti-National Salvation Front (FSN) rioting in Bucharest, Romania by the physical intervention of groups of industrial workers as well as coal miners from the Jiu Valley, brought to Bucharest by the government to counter the rising violence of the protesters.^[1] This event occurred several weeks after the FSN achieved a landslide victory in the May 1990 general election, the first elections after the fall of the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu. Many of the miners, factory workers, and other anti-protester groups, fought with the protesters and bystanders. The violence resulted in some deaths and many injuries on both sides of the confrontations. Official figures listed seven fatalities and hundreds of injured, although media estimates of the number killed and injured varied widely and were often much higher.