2003 in Romania

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Events from the year 2003 in Romania.

Incumbents

• President: Ion Iliescu[1]
• Prime Minister: Adrian Năstase[2]

Events

February

The labour code in Monitorul Oficial.

• 5 February – The new labour code is published in the Monitorul Oficial.[3]
• 14 February – The remains of Carol II and of his wife, Magda Lupescu, are repatriated from Portugal and placed inside the Curtea de Argeș Cathedral.[4]

March

• 1 March – The new labour code enters force.[3][5]

May

• 24 May – The Democratic Party celebrates its 10 year anniversary in Constanța without its founder, Petre Roman.[6]

October

• 18–19 October – The 2003 Romanian constitutional referendum takes place.[7]

Births

July

• 11 July – Costin Amzăr, footballer.[8]
• 26 July – Luca Andronache, footballer.[9]

Deaths

Further information: Category:2003 deaths and Deaths in 2003

May

Main article: Deaths in May 2003

• 15 May – Constantin Dăscălescu, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1923)[10]

September

Main article: Deaths in September 2003

• 9 September – Andrei Folbert, 72, Romanian basketball player.[11]

October

Main article: Deaths in October 2003

• 4 October – Elisabeta Rizea, 91, Romanian anti-communist partisan, viral pneumonia.[12]
• 12 October – Ion Ioanid, 77, Romanian dissident and writer.^[citation needed]

November

Main article: Deaths in November 2003

• 22 November – Iosif Budahazi, 56, Romanian fencer (men's individual sabre, men's team sabre at the 1972 Summer Olympics).[13]

See also

• 2003 in Europe
• Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003

References

1. "Ion Iliescu". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
2. "Adrian Nastase prime minister of Romania". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
3. "Ce prevede noul Cod al Muncii". Adevărul (in Romanian). 10 February 2003. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
4. Brăileanu, Răzvan (24 February 2003). "Carol al II-lea - rol și imagine". Revista 22 (in Romanian). pp. 6–7. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
5. Nicolae, Caterina (1 March 2003). "De astăzi Noul Cod al Muncii a intrat în vigoare". Adevărul.
6. "PD: sărbătorirea a 10 ani de existență în absența fondatorului". Radio Free Europe Moldova (in Romanian). 24 May 2003. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
7. "100 de miliarde de lei pentru a doua zi de referendum". Adevărul (in Romanian). 15 October 2003. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
8. Costin Amzăr at Soccerway
9. Luca Andronache at Soccerway
10. Laurențiu Ungureanu; Radu Eremia (2 April 2016). "Apostolii Epocii de Aur, episodul #15. Constantin Dăscălescu, premierul pe care Revoluția l-a prins la WC". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
11. "Andrei Folbert International Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
12. "Elisabeta Rizea de Nucșoara". România Liberă. 11 October 2003. Archived from the original on 9 March 2005.
13. "Iosif Budahazi". Sports-Reference / Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

External links

• Media related to 2003 in Romania at Wikimedia Commons