Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918-1989)

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Name (English)
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Short name
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Year of birth
1918
Year of death
1989
Short Description
"Born in 1918 in Scornicești, Olt County, Ceaușescu was a member of the Romanian Communist youth movement. Ceaușescu rose up through the ranks of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej´s Socialist government and, upon Gheorghiu-Dej´s death in 1965, he succeeded to the leadership of the Romanian Communist Party as General Secretary.

Upon his rise to power, he eased press censorship and openly condemned the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in his speech on 21 August 1968, which resulted in a surge in popularity. However, the resulting period of stability was very brief as his government very soon became severely totalitarian and was considered the most repressive in the Eastern Bloc at the time. His secret police, the Securitate, was responsible for mass surveillance as well as severe repression and human rights abuses within the country and he suppressed and controlled the media and press, implementing methods that were among the harshest, most restrictive and brutal in the world. Economic mismanagement due to failed oil ventures during the 1970s led to skyrocketing foreign debts for Romania. In 1982, he exported much of the country´s agricultural and industrial production in an effort to repay them. The shortages that followed drastically lowered living standards, leading to heavy rationing of food, water, oil, heat, electricity, medicine and other necessities. His cult of personality experienced unprecedented elevation, followed by extensive nepotism and the intense deterioration of foreign relations, even with the Soviet Union." - (en.wikipedia.org 07.11.2019)
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  • Ceaușescu besucht das WF zusammen mit Honecker 1985

    Ceaușescu besucht das WF zusammen mit Honecker 1985

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  • Besuch von Ceaucescu im WF 30.5.1985

    Besuch von Ceaucescu im WF 30.5.1985

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  • Honecker im JAM mit Ceaucescu, 30.5.1985

    Honecker im JAM mit Ceaucescu, 30.5.1985

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