Events from the year 2002 in Romania.
Incumbents
Events
March
- 15 March – Romanian film Filantropica is released.[3]
November
- 23 November – United States President Bush gives a speech in Revolution Square, Bucharest.[4]
December
- 18 December – The government starts the procedure of repatriating the remains of Carol II.[5]
Full date unknown
- Eurocopter Romania is established.[6]
- The Peștera cu Oase ("Cave with Bones") located near the city of Anina, is uncovered containing 34,950-year-old human remains.[7]
- Philippe Étienne is appointed French ambassador to Romania.[8]
Deaths
January
- 13 January - Ferdinand Weiss, 69, Romanian pianist.[9]
February
- 20 February - Cristian Neamtu, Romanian player[10]
April
- 12 April - Gabriel Raksi, 63, Romanian football player.[11]
May
- 22 May - Alexandru Todea, 89, Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop and cardinal.[12]
July
- 25 July - Alexander Ratiu, 86, Romanian-American priest of the Greek-Catholic Church.[13]
September
- 2 September - Rodica Ojog-Brașoveanu, 63, Romanian writer, severe lung problems.[14]
October
- 1 October - Ilie Ceaușescu, Romanian general and communist politician[15]
See also
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References
- ^ "Ion Iliescu". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Adrian Nastase prime minister of Romania". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ Reid, Robert; Pettersen, Leif (2007). Romania & Moldova. Lonely Planet. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-74104-478-2.
- ^ "President Bush Welcomes Romania to NATO". The White House. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Osemintele regelui Carol al II-lea vor fi repatriate pentru a fi înhumate la Curtea de Arges". Adevărul (in Romanian). 19 February 2002. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Eurocopter Romania". helis.com. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ Trinkaus E, Milota S, Rodrigo R, Mircea G, Moldovan O (2003), "Early Modern Human Cranial remains from the Peștera cu Oase" (PDF), Journal of Human Evolution, 45 (3): 245–253, doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2003.08.003, PMID 14580595, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2007
- ^ "The Ambassador, Philippe Etienne". FRANCE IN THE UNITED STATES. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Ferdinand Weiss, piano". Die schöne Müllerin. Winterreise. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ Deceased soccer players – Cristian Neamtu
- ^ "Gabriel Raksi". Asociatia Stelistilor 1947. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Biography". www.bru.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 1 July 2007.
- ^ Mindszenty Report (PDF), vol. XLIV, Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation, September 2002, p. 3, archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2004
- ^ Ojog-Pascu, Mădălina (2003). A fost Agatha Christie a României [She was the Agatha Christie of Romania] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Kullusys. ISBN 973-86421-2-4.
- ^ "Obituaries; in brief: Ilie Ceausescu", The Globe and Mail, October 4, 2002, p.R15
External links
Media related to 2002 in Romania at Wikimedia Commons
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