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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
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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
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Mixed effects models and extensions in ecology with R
· 2009 · cited 12,777x
- 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure
· 2021 · cited 12,130x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,997x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,235x
- Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,648x
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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!”
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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.
Background
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