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Trial of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu; Court: Exceptional Military Tribunal, a drumhead court-martial created at the request of a newly formed group called the National Salvation Front: Decided: 25 December 1989: Verdict: Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu were convicted of all charges and condemned to death: Charge: The main charge was genocide ...
Nicolae Ceaușescu was a close ally and personal friend of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaïre. Relations were in fact not just state-to-state, but party-to-party between their respective political machineries, the MPR and the PCR. Many believe that Ceaușescu's death played a role in influencing Mobutu to "democratise" Zaïre in 1990. [91]
In footage of the trial, Nicolae Ceaușescu is seen answering the ad hoc tribunal judging him and referring to some of its members—among them Army General Victor Atanasie Stănculescu and future Romanian Secret Service head Virgil Măgureanu—as "traitors". In the same video, Ceaușescu dismisses the "tribunal" as illegitimate and demands ...
Those raising the questions include Dr. Marvin Crawford, who signed Brown's death certificate, but later said the cause of death did not make sense. ... Romanian Dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu Executed.
Ceaușescu was outlived by her mother, a near centenarian at the time of her death, her brother Gheorghe Petrescu (also an important figure in the party) and her three children: Valentin (b. 1947), Zoia (1949–2006) and Nicu (1951–1996). Nicu was an important member of the Romanian Communist Party, unlike his siblings.
Marin Ceaușescu, 73, Romanian economist and diplomat, brother of Nicolae Ceaușescu, suicide. [229] Brian Coburn, 53, English actor who portrayed himself as Scottish. [230] Earl Patrick Freeman, 57, Canadian professional wrestler, heart attack. Karl Humenberger, 83, Austrian footballer and manager (Floridsdorfer AC, Austria). [231]
(Birth–Death) Elected Term of office Political Party Ref. Took office Left office Time in office 1 Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918–1989) 1974. 1980. 1985. 28 March 1974 22 December 1989 (Ousted) 15 years, 249 days Romanian Communist Party (PCR) [1]
Zoia Ceaușescu believed that her parents were not buried in Ghencea Cemetery; she attempted to have their remains exhumed, but a military court refused her request. [citation needed] The bodies were exhumed for identification and confirmed to be of her parents in 2010, after her death. [10] Zoia was a chain smoker. [11]