Romanian businessman Dinu Patriciu’s funeral will take place in Bucharest, according to his family's statement. The exact date and place are to be announced in the following period.

“We inform those who were close to the family that Dinu Patriciu’s funeral will take place at a time and place that will be announced as soon as the formalities to bring his body from the UK to Romania will be completed,” reads the statement.

According to sources cited by Mediafax, the Romanian businessman might be buried in the Bellu cemetery in Romania’s capital.

Dinu Patriciu, 64, died on August 19 in a hospital in London. He has been suffering from cancer for several years. In 2012, he had a liver transplant.

Patriciu, born on August 3, 1950, was one of the richest Romanians. He used to own oil and gas company Rompetrol, which he sold in 2007 to KazMunaiGaz (KMG), Kazakhstan’s state-owned company, in a deal estimated to be worth around USD 3 billion, and went on to invest in retail, real estate and media.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com