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  2. Nicolae Ceaușescu - Wikipedia

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    Nicolae Ceaușescu (/ tʃ aʊ ˈ ʃ ɛ s k uː / 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.

  3. Romanian revolution - Wikipedia

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    The most notable news in Romanian newspapers of 11 November 1989, was the "masterly lecture by comrade Nicolae Ceaușescu at the extended plenary session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Romania," in which the Romanian head of state and party highly praised the "brilliant programme for the work and revolutionary struggle of ...

  4. Trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu - Wikipedia

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    The trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu were held on 25 December 1989 in Târgoviște, Romania. [1] The trial was conducted by an Extraordinary Military Tribunal, a drumhead court-martial created at the request of a newly formed group called the National Salvation Front.

  5. Socialist Republic of Romania - Wikipedia

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    Nicolae Ceaușescu, Leader of Romania from 1965 to 1989. Gheorghiu-Dej died in 1965 and, after a power struggle, was succeeded by the previously obscure Nicolae Ceaușescu. During his last two years, Gheorghiu-Dej had exploited the Soviet–Chinese dispute and begun to oppose the hegemony of the Soviet Union. Ceaușescu, supported by colleagues ...

  6. State and official visits to the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace during a visit in the UK, June 1978. State and official visits to the United Kingdom are formal visits by the head of state of one country to the United Kingdom, during which the British Sovereign acts as official host of the visitor.

  7. History of Romania (1989–present) - Wikipedia

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    With parliamentary support from the nationalist Romanian National Unity Party (PUNR), Greater Romania Party (PRM), and the ex-communist Socialist Party of Labour (PSM), a new government was formed in November 1992 under Prime Minister Nicolae Văcăroiu, an economist and former bureaucrat during the Ceaușescu administration.

  8. Brașov rebellion - Wikipedia

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    Ceaușescu's draconian economic measures sought to curb food and energy consumption and reduce worker's wages. [1] [2] [3] Though Romania was the last of the Warsaw Pact countries to succumb to revolution in 1989, this sentiment captures the social and economic volatility of Romania in the late 1980s. The Brașov Revolt reflected this ...

  9. List of presidents of Romania - Wikipedia

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    Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918–1989) 1974. 1980. 1985. 28 March 1974 22 December 1989 (Ousted) 15 years, 249 days Romanian Communist Party (PCR) [1] Despite his country's membership in the Warsaw Pact, Ceaușescu recognised the state of Israel, supported Romanian nationalism, and denounced the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.