<P> Nicolae Ceaușescu ( Romanian : ( nikoˈla. e t͡ʃe̯a. uˈʃesku ) ( listen ) ; 26 January 1918 -- 25 December 1989 ) was a Romanian Communist politician . He was general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989 , and hence 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 , from 1974 concurrently as President of the Republic , until his overthrow in the Romanian Revolution in 1989 . </P>
<P> Nicolae Ceaușescu ( Romanian : ( nikoˈla. e t͡ʃe̯a. uˈʃesku ) ( listen ) ; 26 January 1918 -- 25 December 1989 ) was a Romanian Communist politician . He was general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989 , and hence 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 , from 1974 concurrently as President of the Republic , until his overthrow in the Romanian Revolution in 1989 . </P>
oppressive communist leader of romania who was deposed in 1989
oppressive communist leader of romania who was deposed in 1989
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Nicolae Ceaușescu