Podari is a commune in

Dolj County Dolj County (; originally meant ''Dol(no)-Jiu River, Jiu'', "lower Jiu", as opposed to ''Gorj'' (''upper Jiu'')) is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Oltenia, with the capital city at Craiova. Demographics In 2011, ...

Oltenia Oltenia (), also called Lesser Wallachia in antiquated versions – with the alternative Latin names , , and between 1718 and 1739 – is a historical province and geographical region of Romania in western Wallachia. It is situated between the Da ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. It is composed of five villages: Balta Verde, Braniște, Gura Văii, Livezi, and Podari.

Natives

Ștefan Andrei Ștefan Andrei (; 29 March 1931 – 31 August 2014) was a Romanian communist politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania from 1978 to 1985. He was arrested after the 1989 overthrow of the Nicolae Ceaușescu regime. E ...

(1931–2014), communist politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1978 to 1985 *

Ioana Bulcă Ioana Bulcă (born 7 January 1936) is a Romanian film actress. She appeared in 20 films between 1955 and 2007. Selected filmography * '' The Mill of Good Luck'' (1955) – Ana * ' (1961) – Silvia * ''A Woman for a Season'' (1969) * '' ...

(1936–2025), film actress *

Tudor Gheorghe Tudor Gheorghe (; born August 1, 1945) is a Romanian musician, actor, and poet known primarily for his politically charged musical career and his collaborations with well-known figures of late 20th-century Romanian poetry. His recording work is ...

(born 1945), musician, actor, and poet

References

Communes in Dolj County Localities in Oltenia {{Dolj-geo-stub