2002 in Romania
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Incumbents
Events
March
- 15 March – Romanian film Filantropica is released.[3]
November
- 23 November – United States President George W. 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]
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