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Nicolae Ceaușescu

Jan 26, 1918 - Dec 25, 1989 (71 years old) in Scornicești, România

Nicolae Ceaușescu (5 February [O.S. 23 January] 1918[1] – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician and dictator. He was the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and the second and last Communist leader of Romania. He was also the country's head of state from 1967, serving as President of the State Council and from 1974 concurrently as President of the Republic, until his overthrow and execution in the Romanian Revolution in December 1989, part of a series of anti-Communist uprisings in Eastern Europe that year.

Known For

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HyperNormalisation
Self (archive footage)
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Détour Ceausescu
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Uppercase Print
Self (archive footage)
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Chuck Norris vs Communism
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Comrade: The Making, Glory and Unmaking of a Dictator
Self (archive footage)
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The Certainty of Probabilities
Himself
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Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy
Self
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Bright Future
Himself (archive footage)
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Flame of Persia
Self
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Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
Self - Politician (archive footage)

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