1953 in Romania

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See also:	Other events of 1953 History of Romania Timeline of Romanian history Years in Romania

Events from the year 1953 in Romania. The year saw the death of Carol II.

Incumbents

• President of the Provisional Presidium of the Republic: Petru Groza .[1]
• Prime Minister and General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej.[2]

Events

• 9 March – The Patriarch of All Romania, Justinian, lays flowers on Joseph Stalin's tomb during the funeral of the Soviet leader.[3]
• 17 July – Construction of the Danube–Black Sea Canal is halted. The canal had been the site of multiple executions.[4]
• 2 August – The 4th World Festival of Youth and Students opens at the Stadionul August 23 and runs until 14 August. The event includes athletics and dance performances.[5]
• 23 October – Romania provides $7.2 million in aid to North Korea to support reconstruction after the Korean War.[6]

Births

• 14 February – Ioan Dzițac, mathematician (died 2021).
• 5 March – Radu Berceanu, engineer and politician.[7]
• 24 March – Sorin Popa, mathematician.
• 31 March – Maria Micșa, medal winner at the 1976 Summer Olympics in quadruple skulls.[8]
• 12 April — Andrei Broder, computer scientist and engineer.
• 30 June — Adriana Hölszky, composer and pianist.[9]
• 13 July – Violeta Dinescu, composer of choral music.[10]
• 19 July – Daniela Buruiană, politician and Member of the European Parliament.[11]
• Full date unknown
  • Baldi Olier, flamenco guitarist[12]

Deaths

Nicolae Rădescu (1874–1953)

• 5 February – Iuliu Maniu, Romanian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Romania in 1928–1930 and 1932–1933, died in Sighet Prison (born 1873).[13]
• 25 March – Ion Cămărășescu, politician, died in Sighet Prison (born 1882).
• 4 April – Carol II, King from 8 June 1930 to 6 September 1940 (born 1893).[14]
• 23–27 April – Gheorghe I. Brătianu, politician and historian, titular member of the Romanian Academy, died in Sighet Prison (born 1898).[15]
• 13 May – Nicolae Tătăranu, major general in World War II (born 1890).
• 16 May – Nicolae Rădescu, Prime Minister between 7 December 1944 and 1 March 1945 (born 1874).[16]
• 7 June – Ioan Flueraș, social democratic politician, murdered at Gherla Prison (born 1882).[17]
• 27 June – Ioan Suciu, bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church, died at Sighet Prison (born 1907).[18]
• 4 August – Francisc Șirato, painter (born 1877).[19]
• 5 September – Constantin Levaditi, physician and microbiologist (born 1874).[20]
• 3 October – Szilárd Bogdánffy, auxiliary bishop of the Catholic Church, died at Aiud Prison (born 1911).[21]
• 2 December – Radu Băldescu, major general during World War II, died at Jilava Prison (born 1888).

References

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3. Leustean, Lucian N. (2009). Orthodoxy and the Cold War: Religion and Political Power in Romania, 1947–65. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-230-59494-4.
4. Tismăneanu, Vladimir (2002). Gheorghiu-Dej and the Romanian Workers' Party: From De-Sovietization to the Emergence of National Communism (Working Paper No.37) (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-15.
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6. Pak, Chae-gyu; Kyu Park, Jae; Chul Koh, Byung (1987). The Foreign Relations of North Korea: New Perspectives. Seoul: Institute for far Eastern studies, Kyungnam University. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-8133-0569-1.
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10. Unger, Melvin P. (2010). Historical Dictionary of Choral Music. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-8108-5751-3.
11. Asociația Pro Democrația (2001). Cartea Albastră a Democrației: Un Ghid al Instituțiilor Publice Centrale [The Blue Book of Democracy: A Guide to Central Public Institutions]. Bucharest: Asociația Pro Democrația. p. 99. ISBN 978-9-73002-379-4.
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13. "Tortured for Christ" by Richard Wurmbrand; ISBN 9780882640570; Pub: Living Sacrifice Book Company, 1998
14. Treptow, Kurt W. (2001). A History of Romania. Iași: Center for Romanian Studies. p. 597. ISBN 978-9-73943-235-1.
15. Pentelescu, Aurel; Țăranu, Liviu, "Gheorghe I. Brătianu în timpul domiciliului obligatoriu (1947–1950)" (PDF), www.cnsas.ro, National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives, retrieved August 27, 2022
16. Giurescu, Dinu C. (1996). Guvernarea Nicolae Rădescu [The Government of Nicolae Rădescu] (in Romanian). Bucharest: ALL. p. 364. ISBN 978-9-73571-035-4.
17. "Traiul și sfârșitul lui Ion Flueraș la Gherla" [The Life and Death of Ion Flueraș in Gherla], Memoria (in Romanian), 39 (2): 54–75, 2002, archived from the original on 2007-09-27, retrieved 2022-08-26
18. "Episcopul Ioan Suciu". www.bru.ro (in Romanian). Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
19. "Francisc Șirato". www.icr.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved April 18, 2024.
20. Kalantzis, George; Skiadas, Panagiotis; Lascaratos, John (August 2006). "Constantin Levaditi (1874–1953): a pioneer in Immunology and Virology". Journal of Medical Biography. 14 (3): 178–182. doi:10.1258/j.jmb.2006.05-30. PMID 16845465.
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