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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.
Nicolae Ceaușescu (left), President of the Socialist Republic of Romania from 1974, also General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party since 1965, and his wife Elena Ceaușescu (right), were executed following trial on 25 December 1989.
Ceaucescu and his wife Elena were found guilty by a military tribunal and executed by firing squad. It was on Christmas Day 30 years ago that Romania's tyrannical communist dictator Nicolae...
One of the most powerful women in Eastern Europe during the final decades of Communist rule, Elena Ceausescu was a key member of a regime of corruption and clan rule that left Rumania with a legacy of economic, social and moral devastation.
Elena Ceaușescu (numele la naștere Lenuța Petrescu; n. 7 ianuarie 1916, Petrești, Dâmbovița, România – d. 25 decembrie 1989, Târgoviște, Dâmbovița, România) a fost o politiciană comunistă română, soția președintelui Republicii Socialiste România, Nicolae Ceaușescu.
Dec 25, 2019 · The Romanian dictator had long been a law unto himself, distancing his nation from the Soviet-backed Warsaw Pact military alliance, especially after the Pact invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, and...
Feb 4, 2019 · Updated on February 04, 2019. Known for: role of influence and power in her husband's dictatorship in Romania. Occupation: politician, scientist. Dates: January 7, 1919 - December 25, 1989. Also known as: Elena Petruscu; nickname Lenuta. Elena Ceausescu Biography.
Dec 24, 2014 · And on Christmas Day in 1989, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, were executed by firing squad. The deaths of the despised couple ended a quarter-century of iron-fisted...
Dec 26, 1989 · Elena Ceausescu, the textile worker who rose to virtual second in command of Romania, was praised by her husband’s Communist regime as “the best mother of Romania,” but insiders say she...
Dec 25, 2019 · Ceaucescu and his wife Elena were found guilty by a military tribunal and executed by firing squad. By Stephen McGrath. Romania. It was on Christmas Day 30 years ago that Romania's tyrannical...
