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Elena Ceaușescu

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Also known as Lenuța Petrescu

Romanian politician (1916–1989)

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Elena Ceaușescu (1919–1989) was a Romanian politician, chemist, and member of the Romanian Communist Party. She served as deputy prime minister and First Lady of Romania. Born in Petrești, she was educated at the University of Bucharest and spoke Romanian. Her spouse was Nicolae Ceaușescu, and they had three children: Nicu, Zoia, and Valentin Ceaușescu.

As a chemist, she authored works including *Cercetări în domeniul sintezei și caracterizării compușilor macromoleculari*, *Polimerizarea stereospecifică a izoprenului*, and *Progrese în chimia și tehnologia polimerilor*. She received several awards, including Hero of the Socialist Republic of Romania, the Order of the Victory of Socialism, the Order of the Liberator General San Martín, and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. She died in Târgoviște from a gunshot wound following capital punishment and was buried in Ghencea Cemetery.

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Person · Open Library

Works
6

Top works

  • Cercetări în domeniul sintezei și caracterizării compușilor macromoleculari
  • Polimerizarea stereospecifică a izoprenului
  • Progrese în chimia și tehnologia polimerilor
  • Research work on synthesis and characterization of macromolecular compounds
  • Rășini de hidrocarburi

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Petrești, Romania

Elena Ceaușescu (born Lenuța Petrescu; 7 January 1916 [O.S. 25 December 1915] – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician, the wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania. She was also the Deputy Prime Minister of Romania. Following the Romanian Revolution in 1989, she was executed alongside her husband…

Known for

  • The death of the Conducător (a Christmas film) — Herself (archive footage)2025
  • Tovarășu': facerea, gloria și desfacerea unui dictator2023
  • Comrade: The Making, Glory and Unmaking of a Dictator — Self (archive footage)2023
  • The Certainty of Probabilities — Herself2021
  • 30 Years of Democracy — Self (archive footage)2019
  • HyperNormalisation — Self (archive footage)2016
  • Trading Germans — Herself (archive footage)2014
  • The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu — Self (archive footage)2010
  • The Last Days of the Ceaușescus — Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)2010
  • The Last Day1993

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Quotes

  • We live in a normal apartment, just like every other citizen. We have ensured an apartment for every citizen through corresponding laws.
  • We will not sign any statement. We will speak only at the National Assembly, because we have worked hard for the people all our lives. We have sacrificed all our lives to the people. And we will not betray our people here.
  • Such impudence! I am a member and the chairwoman of the Academy of Sciences. You cannot talk to me in such a way!

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

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Encyclopedic overview

Elena Ceaușescu (née Petrescu; 20 January [O.S. 7 January] 1919 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician and doctor of chemistry who was the wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania. She was also the Deputy Prime Minister of Romania. Following the Romanian Revolution in 1989, she was executed alongside her husband on 25 December.

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