2003 in Romania explained

Events from the year 2003 in Romania.

Incumbents

• President

Ion Iliescu^[1]

• Prime Minister

Adrian Năstase^[2]

Events

February

• 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.^[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.
• 26 July – Luca Andronache, footballer.

Deaths

May

See main article: Deaths in May 2003.

• 15 May – Constantin Dăscălescu, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1923)^[8]

September

See main article: Deaths in September 2003.

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

October

See main article: Deaths in October 2003.

• 4 October – Elisabeta Rizea, 91, Romanian anti-communist partisan, viral pneumonia.^[10]
• 12 October – Ion Ioanid, 77, Romanian dissident and writer.

November

See 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).^[11]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Ion Iliescu. Encyclopædia Britannica. 5 April 2022.
2. Web site: Adrian Nastase prime minister of Romania . Encyclopedia Britannica . 4 September 2022.
3. Web site: 2003-02-10 . Ce prevede noul Cod al Muncii . 2022-09-03 . Adevărul . ro.
4. Web site: Brăileanu . Răzvan . 2003-02-24 . Carol al II-lea - rol și imagine . 2022-09-03 . Revista 22 . 6–7 . ro.
5. News: Nicolae . Caterina . 2003-03-01 . De astăzi Noul Cod al Muncii a intrat în vigoare . Adevărul.
6. Web site: 2003-05-24 . PD: sărbătorirea a 10 ani de existență în absența fondatorului . 2022-09-03 . Radio Free Europe Moldova . ro.
7. Web site: 2003-10-15 . 100 de miliarde de lei pentru a doua zi de referendum . 2022-09-03 . Adevărul . ro.
8. Web site: Apostolii Epocii de Aur, episodul #15. Constantin Dăscălescu, premierul pe care Revoluția l-a prins la WC. Adevărul. 2 April 2016. Laurențiu Ungureanu. Radu Eremia. ro. 22 June 2020.
9. Web site: Andrei Folbert International Stats . Basketball Reference . 5 September 2022.
10. Web site: Elisabeta Rizea de Nucșoara. România Liberă. 11 October 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20050309233639/http://www.romanialibera.ro/editie/print.php?idx=53&tabel=z11102003. 2005-03-09.
11. News: Iosif Budahazi. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417115620/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/iosif-budahazi-1.html. dead. 2020-04-17. Sports-Reference / Olympic Sports. 2019-06-12.