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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.
Nicolae Ceaușescu's last speech in public; Romania's Demographic Policy; Gheorghe Brătescu, Clipa 638: Un complot ratat ("A failed scheme") (In Romanian) Death of the Father: Nicolae Ceaușescu Focuses on his death, but also discusses other matters. Many photos. Video on YouTube, Video of the trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu.
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 ...
Prosecutors said that using statements and television the group engaged in "broad and complex misleading activities of diversion and misinformation" after Ceausescu fled the capital on Dec. 22, 1989.
Executed Nicolae Ceaușescu Romania: January 26, 1918: President (1967–1989) December 25, 1989: Executed by firing squad Charles I of England England Scotland Ireland: November 19, 1600: King (1625–1649) January 30, 1649: Executed by decapitation Chen Gongbo: Collaborationist China: 1892: President (1944–1945) June 3, 1946: Executed by ...
Elena Ceaușescu (Romanian pronunciation: [eˈlena tʃe̯a.uˈʃesku]; born Lenuța Petrescu; 7 January 1916 [2] – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician who was the wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania.
Its ruler, Nicolae Ceausescu, seemed firmly in control — right up until he wasn’t. His abrupt flight from Bucharest and subsequent execution shocked everyone inside and outside Eastern Europe.
After the Communist rulership ended and the former Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu was executed in the midst of the bloody Romanian Revolution of December 1989, the National Salvation Front (FSN) seized power, led by Ion Iliescu.