Nicolae Ceaușescu
Politician
1918 – 1989
Who was Nicolae Ceaușescu?
Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian communist politician. He was General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and as such was the country's second and last Communist leader. He was also the country's head of state from 1967 to 1989.
A member of the Romanian Communist youth movement, Ceaușescu rose up through the ranks of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej's Socialist government and, upon the death of Gheorghiu-Dej in 1965, he succeeded to the leadership of Romania’s Communist Party as General Secretary.
After a brief period of relatively moderate rule, Ceaușescu's regime became increasingly brutal and repressive. By some accounts, his rule was the most rigidly Stalinist in the Soviet bloc. He maintained controls over speech and the media that were very strict even by Soviet-bloc standards, and internal dissent was not tolerated. His secret police, the Securitate, was one of the most ubiquitous and brutal secret police forces in the world. In 1982, with the goal of paying off Romania's large foreign debt, Ceaușescu ordered the export of much of the country’s agricultural and industrial production.
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- Born
- Jan 26, 1918
Scornicești - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Elena Ceaușescu
(1947/12/23 - 1989/12/25)
- Elena Ceaușescu
- Children
- Religion
- Atheism
- Romanian Orthodox Church
- Ethnicity
- Romanians
- Nationality
- Romania
- Profession
- Lived in
- Olt County
- Died
- Dec 25, 1989
Târgoviște - Resting place
- Ghencea cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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