Nicolae Ceaușescu (/ tʃaʊˈʃɛskuː / chow-SHESK-oo; Romanian: [nikoˈla.e tʃe̯a.uˈʃesku] ⓘ; 26 January [O.S. 13 January] 1918 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian politician who was the second and last communist leader of Romania, serving as the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989.

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 overthrown and killed in a revolution in 1989.

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 executed following trial on 25 December 1989. Subversion of state power by organising armed actions against the people and state power.

Nicolae Ceaușescu (pronunciación ⓘ; Scornicești, Reino de Rumania; 26 de enero de 1918- Târgoviște, Rumania; 25 de diciembre de 1989) fue un político comunista rumano, presidente de Rumania y del Consejo de Estado de Rumanía, dictador 1 2 de la República Socialista de Rumania desde 1967 hasta su ejecución en 1989, y secretario general del Pa...

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 …

Nicolae Ceauşescu (pronounced [ni.koˈla.e tʃa.uˈʃes.ku]; 26 January 1918 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist dictator from 1965 until 1989. After the Romanian Revolution of 1989 he was deposed, tried and publicly executed by a firing squad along with his …

After working his way through the Romanian Communist Party, he became the leader of Romania in 1967. At first, he briefly liberated the country, with more freedom of press and an official denouncement of the invasion of Czechoslovakia.

Dec 24, 2014 · Soldiers and armed civilians occupy the office of ousted Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu in the capital Bucharest on Dec. 26, 1989, the day after he was executed.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanians nostalgic for the communist era gathered Thursday at the grave of former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, who were tried and executed on Christmas Day twenty-five years ago. Some Romanians have made the pilgrimage to the Ghencea cemetery into an annual tradition.

Dec 25, 2019 · Ceausescu rose within the system, becoming party general secretary in 1965 and president in 1967. He trended liberal at first, easing censorship and denouncing the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia.