Historical Figure
Nicolae Ceauşescu
1918–1989
Leader of Romania from 1965 to 1989
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Birth
1918 January 26, 1918 →Biography
Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian communist politician who led Romania as general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 and as president from 1974 until his execution in 1989.
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Timeline
Rumania Rumania: Día de la Liberación en 1944, celebrada bajo el régimen de Nicolae Ceauşescu (1967-1989).
August 23 →Soviet Union-dominated Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring; on the same day, Nicolae Ceauşescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet maneuver, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
August 21 →After a week of bloody demonstrations, Ion Iliescu takes over as president of Romania, ending Nicolae Ceauşescu's Communist dictatorship.
December 22 →Nicolae Ceauşescu, former communist dictator of Romania and his wife Elena are condemned to death and executed under a wide range of charges.
December 25 →More from the Early 20th Century
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