Nicolae Ceaușescu
Nicolae Ceauşescu | |
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General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party | |
In office 22 March 1965 – 22 December 1989 | |
Preceded by | Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej |
Succeeded by | Party abolished |
7th President of Romania | |
In office 9 December 1967 – 22 December 1989 | |
Preceded by | Chivu Stoica |
Succeeded by | Ion Iliescu |
Personal details | |
Born | Scorniceşti, Olt, Romania | 26 January 1918
Died | 25 December 1989 Târgovişte, Dâmboviţa, Romania | (aged 71)
Nationality | Romanian |
Political party | Communist Party of Romania |
Spouse(s) | Elena Ceaușescu |
Children | Valentin Ceauşescu, Zoia Ceauşescu, Nicu Ceauşescu |
Nicolae Ceauşescu (pronounced [ni.koˈla.e tʃa.uˈʃes.ku]; 26 January 1918 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist dictator from 1965 until 1989. After the Romanian Revolution of 1989 he was deposed, tried and publicly executed by a firing squad along with his wife Elena Ceaușescu. He had been the only Communist dictator of Eastern Europe who had been charged for crimes against humanity and genocide during the revolutions of 1989. As of 2024, his execution was the last one on Romanian soil.[1][2][3] He joined the Romanian Armed Forces in 1950 just before Soviet-Leader (Ioseb Besarionis dzе Jughashvili) Joseph Stalin died in 1953 during the Korean War from 1950-1953 during the Cold War from 1947-1991 just 5 year’s after World War 2 in Europe and the Pacific War in Asia ended in 1945 after Nazi Germany,Italy,Hungary,Romania,Bulgaria and the Empire of Japan were defeated by Britain, France,the United States Of America and the Soviet Union the Eastern Bloc was formed in 1947 by Joseph Stalin by turning the east of Germany,Poland,Czechoslovakia,Hungary,Romania,Bulgaria and Northern Korea into Communist States in Eastern Europe as East Germany,the Polish People's Republic,the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic,the Hungarian People’s Republic ,the Socialist Republic of Romania,and the People's Republic of Bulgaria and finally North Korea in North East Asia . He joined the Romanian Communist Party in 1950 and became leader in 1965 led by former KGB Officer Leonid Brezhnev until his death in 1982 . Nicolae Ceausescu died in 1989 during the Romanian Revolution of 1989 led by Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev until 1991 when the Eastern Bloc and Soviet Union collapsed.
References
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- ↑ East, Roger; Pontin, Jolyon (2016-10-06). Revolution and Change in Central and Eastern Europe: Revised Edition. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4742-8748-7.
- ↑ "Ceauşescu, între legendă şi adevăr: data naşterii şi alegerea numelui de botez". 2018-06-12. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2021-05-07.