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Definition of ceausescu in English English dictionary: {i} family name; Nicolae Ceausescu (1918-1989) Romanian statesman who was an absolute ruler, last Communist president of Romania (1967-1989) who was executed in 1989 for his crimes carried out against the state
Nicolae Ceausescu: born Jan. 26, 1918, Scornice ti, Rom. died Dec. 25, 1989, near Bucharest Romanian politician. Prominent in the Romanian Communist Party, in 1965 he succeeded Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej as the party's leader. In 1967 he became head of state and in 1974 president of Romania. He charted an independent, nationalistic course but also maintained rigidly repressive controls over free speech and internal dissent. His harsh economic policies and grand building projects reduced Romania from relative prosperity to near starvation. He was overthrown in a revolution in 1989, and, after a hasty trial, he and his wife were executed by firing squad
Nicolae Ceausescu: (1918-1989) Romanian statesman who was an absolute ruler, last Communist president of Romania (1967-1989) who was executed in 1989 for his crimes carried out against the state

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/ʧouˈʧeskyo͞o/ /ʧaʊˈʧɛskjuː/

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