Nicolae Ceaușescu[a] (26 January [O.S. 13 January] 1918 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician who led the Socialist Republic of Romania. He served as General Secretary of …

Dec 4, 2025 · Nicolae Ceaușescu (born January 26, 1918, Scornicești, Romania—died December 25, 1989, Târgovişte) was a Communist official who was the leader of Romania from 1965 until he was …

Mar 30, 2025 · Nicolae Ceaușescu was born on January 26, 1918, in Scornicești. He gained prominence as a member of the Romanian Communist Youth in the early 1930s and was imprisoned for his …

Dec 25, 2019 · On Christmas Day in 1989, Romanian communists Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu were found guilty of committing genocide and subverting state power. Their sentence—execution by firing …

Explore how Nicolae Ceaușescu shaped Romania during his dictatorship—decades of propaganda, poverty, fear, and ultimate revolution.

Apr 2, 2014 · Nicolae Ceausescu met future Romanian leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej in prison, and succeeded him after his death in 1965. He ruled Romania according to orthodox Communist …

<p>Nicolae Ceausescu, who was executed with his wife on Christmas day of 1989, was a maverick and despotic Rumanian Communist leader who pursued an independent course abroad and demanded …

Apr 1, 2025 · Marx and Lenin have taught us that anything is ethical, so long as it is in the interest of the proletarian class and its world revolution. Nicolae Ceaușescu (26 January 1918 – 25 December …

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 …

Nicolae Ceaușescu (left), President of the Socialist Republic of Romania from 1974, also General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party since 1965, and his wife Elena Ceaușescu (right), were …