Nicolae Ceaușescu
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Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian politician who was the second and last leader of Communist Romania as general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 until his overthrow and execution in
Official portrait, 1965
Ceaușescu, at age 15, detained at Doftana prison, 1933
Ceaușescu giving a speech in 1954
Ceaușescu with Deng Xiaoping and Leonid Brezhnev in 1965
Elena Ceaușescu
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Elena Ceaușescu was a Romanian 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 Roman
Nicolae Ceaușescu
…forces to open fire on 17 December, causing many deaths and injuries. The demonstrations reached the capital Bucharest, forcing Ceaușescu and his wife Elena to flee in a helicopter, but they were soon captured after the armed forces turned on them. After being convicted of economic sabotage and genocide in…
Portrait of Elena c. 1940–50s
Elena Ceaușescu receiving an honorary doctorate in Manila, 1975
Nicolae Ceaușescu