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Nicolae Ceaușescu

Also known as Ceaușescu, Genius of the Carpathians

dictator of Romania from 1965 to 1989

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Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian politician and military personnel who served as the president of Romania and President of the Republic. He was a member of the Romanian Communist Party and held the rank of major general in the Romanian Land Forces. His field of work encompassed politics and the military, and he was affiliated with the Union of Communist Youth. He was influenced by Kim Il-sung, Mao Zedong, and Joseph Stalin.

Born in Scornicești on January 26, 1918, Ceaușescu died in Târgoviște on December 25, 1989. He was a participant in the Romanian Revolution of 1989 and held allegiance to the Socialist Republic of Romania. He was married to Elena Ceaușescu, and they had three children: Zoia, Nicu, and Valentin Ceaușescu. He is buried at Ghencea Cemetery.

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Scornicești, România

Nicolae Ceaușescu (5 February [O.S. 23 January] 1918[1] – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician and dictator. He was the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and the second and last Communist leader of Romania. He was also the country's head of state from 1967, serving as President of the State Council and from 1974 concurrently as President of the…

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The death of the Conducător (a Christmas film) — Himself (archive footage)2025
Bright Future — Himself (archive footage)2024
Phoenix. Har/Jar — Self (archive footage)2023
Tovarășu': facerea, gloria și desfacerea unui dictator2023
Comrade: The Making, Glory and Unmaking of a Dictator — Self (archive footage)2023
The Certainty of Probabilities — Himself2021
Uppercase Print — Self (archive footage)2020
30 Years of Democracy — Self (archive footage)2019
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power — Self - Politician (archive footage)2019
De Gaulle, the Last King of France — Self (archive footage)2017

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of Romania
Place of birth: Scornicești
Place of death: Târgoviște
Spouse: Elena Ceaușescu
Child: Valentin Ceaușescu
Occupation: president of Romania
Educated at: Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Political party: Romanian Communist Party
Languages spoken: Romanian
Participant in: Romanian Revolution (1989)
Field of work: military
Hair colour: black hair
Military branch: Romanian Land Forces
Military rank: major general
Image: Nicolae Ceaușescu.jpg
Convicted of: embezzlement

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Commons category: Nicolae Ceaușescu
date of birth: 1918-01-26
date of death: 1989-12-25
topic's main category: Category:Nicolae Ceaușescu
Commons gallery: Nicolae Ceaușescu
name in native language: Nicolae Ceaușescu
place of burial: Ghencea Cemetery
influenced by: Joseph Stalin
allegiance: Socialist Republic of Romania
affiliation: Union of Communist Youth
ancestral home: Scornicești
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cause of death: gunshot wound

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Encyclopedic overview

Nicolae Ceaușescu (8 February [O.S. 26 January] 1918 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician and dictator who led Romania as general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 and as president from 1974 until his execution in 1989.

Born in Scornicești, Ceaușescu joined the Romanian Communist Party in his teens and was repeatedly imprisoned under the pre-war and wartime regimes for his communist activism. After World War II, he rose through the party ranks under Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, the country’s Stalinist leader, whom he succeeded as general secretary.

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