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Events from the year 2002 in Romania.

Incumbents

• President: Ion Iliescu
• Prime Minister: Adrian Năstase

Events

March

• 15 March – Romanian film Filantropica is released.

November

• 23 November – United States President Bush gives a speech in Revolution Square, Bucharest.

December

• 18 December – The government starts the procedure of repatriating the remains of Carol II.

Full date unknown

• Eurocopter Romania is established.
• The Peștera cu Oase ("Cave with Bones") located near the city of Anina, is uncovered containing 34,950-year-old human remains.
• Philippe Étienne is appointed French ambassador to Romania.

Deaths

January

• 13 January - Ferdinand Weiss, 69, Romanian pianist.

February

• 20 February - Cristian Neamtu, Romanian player

April

• 12 April - Gabriel Raksi, 63, Romanian football player.

May

• 22 May - Alexandru Todea, 89, Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop and cardinal.

July

• 25 July - Alexander Ratiu, 86, Romanian-American priest of the Greek-Catholic Church.

September

• 2 September - Rodica Ojog-Brașoveanu, 63, Romanian writer, severe lung problems.

October

• 1 October - Ilie Ceaușescu, Romanian general and communist politician

See also

• 2002 in Europe
• Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002
• Romania at the 2002 Winter Olympics

• Romania
• Europe
• Modern history

References

1. "Ion Iliescu". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
2. "Adrian Nastase prime minister of Romania". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
3. Reid, Robert; Pettersen, Leif (2007). Romania & Moldova. Lonely Planet. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-74104-478-2.
4. "President Bush Welcomes Romania to NATO". The White House. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
5. "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.
6. "Eurocopter Romania". helis.com. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
7. 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
8. "The Ambassador, Philippe Etienne". FRANCE IN THE UNITED STATES. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
9. "Ferdinand Weiss, piano". Die schöne Müllerin. Winterreise. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
10. Deceased soccer players – Cristian Neamtu
11. "Gabriel Raksi". Asociatia Stelistilor 1947. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
12. "Biography". www.bru.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 1 July 2007.
13. Mindszenty Report (PDF), vol. XLIV, Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation, September 2002, p. 3, archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2004
14. 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.
15. "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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