Dictator Ceausescu, secrets and revelations!

Nicolae Ceausescu was a Romanian dictator, general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party, head of state of the Socialist Republic of Romania from 1967 until the fall of the communist regime, which occurred on December 22, 1989.

Contents:

• Childhood and adolescence

• Political career

• Relations with the United States

• Good things

• Bodyguard

• The revolution of December 1989

• The biggest secrets

• Childhood and adolescence.

Nicolae Ceausescu was born on January 26, 1918 in the commune of Scornicesti in Olt County. He was the third member of a family to be born, with ten children and living in the village for about 100 years. "In the 1920s, an ancestor of theirs, who came from the village of Polovragi in Gorj, would have settled there. Ceausescu's name comes from the Turkish language, 'ceaus', meaning 'small servant'."

Nicolae's father, Andruta Ceausescu, had a three-hectare piece of land and a few animals. In addition to these goods, he also earns money by tailoring. From what they had in the household, the Ceausescu family would have been able to support themselves, but Ceausescu's father often spent his money on the pub in the village.

Nicolae Ceausescu's mother, Alexandra, was illiterate, but was appreciated by her neighbors as a woman "hardworking and close to those around her."

Nicolae Ceausescu had five brothers (Ilie, Ion, Florea, Marin and Nicolae-Andruta) and three sisters (Niculina, Maria and Elena).

Nicolae's father, Andruta Ceausescu, had a three-hectare piece of land and a few animals. In addition to these goods, he also earns money by tailoring. From what they had in the household, the Ceausescu family would have been able to support themselves, but Ceausescu's father often spent his money on the pub in the village.

Ceausescu's childhood was a typical one for a child from the country. Children in rural areas often attended only 4 years of primary school in those days. This was also true for Nicolae. He learned to read, write and count at the village school in Scornicesti.

• Political career.

  In November 1933 he became a member of the Communist Youth Union of Romania, a political party that was illegal at the time. He was first arrested in 1933 for communist agitation during a strike. In 1934 he was drafted into the Black District Committee where he worked until August when he was appointed to work in the anti-fascist movement. He was a member of the National Anti-Fascist Committee and the Central Committee of Anti-Fascist Youth. Three more arrests followed - for collecting signatures in support of the release of some railway workers accused of communist activity and for other similar actions, but he was immediately released.

Nicolae Ceausescu became President of Romania in 1967. Until then, all his political activity was consumed, for the most part, in Argeş County. The former dictator was sent by the leadership of the Communist Youth Union to Argeş in 1935, with the main task of recruiting as many people as possible and making pro-communist propaganda.

Relations with the United States.

Romanian leaders have pursued a foreign policy that has convinced Westerners that Romania, an independent country, is in a position to resist even the Soviet Union.

The first official visit is in 1973, mentioned as the third presidential meeting. The Romanian leader, together with his wife, Elena Ceaușescu, together with Manea Mănescu and George Macovescu, boarded the plane and flew to Andrews Airport, at the invitation of President Richard Nixon. Arriving in the United States, they were greeted by officials and flown by helicopter to the Camp David presidential complex.

• Good things

In reality, Nicolae Ceausescu's communism was for the Romanian economy and for the well-being of the population.

1. Romania had a booming economy, we had enterprises, a strong industry, we produced everything for everyone, we exported all kinds of products all over the world, etc .; Romania had plants, enterprises, factories that produced something that was sought after and had value, chemical industry, oil, agriculture, national armament industry, energy, transport, metallurgy, machinery and equipment industry.

2. Everyone had work to do;

3. Everyone had money to go on vacation;

4. The population of Romania eats healthy food, not the poison that the West serves us in the supermarket today;

5. Religion is not taught in school, but everyone has the freedom to believe and go to church;

6. During Ceausescu's time, the traditions, culture, customs, crafts, kindness, hospitality and identity of the Romanian people have been preserved for thousands of years.

• Bodyguard

  Ceausescu's personal guard consists of 40 members, responsible for the protection of his entire family, as well as their homes.

  The State Security Department had 8,474 men, and the Security Forces were about 15,000.

• The revolution of December 1989

  The first attempt to organize protests should have taken place in Iasi, on December 14, 1989, but the demonstration, which was to take place in Union Square, is thwarted by the communist authorities. An attempt by the regime to evict the Hungarian Reformed pastor László Tőkés from his parish home in Timișoara, on the grounds that he had been moved to another parish, was met with resistance from the parishioners, who surrounded the parish house. a demonstration of support. They are joined by Romanians, and the demonstration soon acquires a broader character, a protest against the communist regime. Army, militia and security forces appeared on the scene on December 17, 1989, and opened fire on protesters.

The Ceausescus were convicted in a Stalinist-style trial and convicted of the following offenses:

- Genocide

- Undermining state power

Deeds of diversion

- Undermining the national economy

• The biggest secrets

Nicolae Ceausescu made sure that the people did not find out all his secrets. Some of them were so well preserved that they did not come to light until after his death, when people who knew him began to make revelations.

Nicolae Ceaușescu was the only Romanian to ride in the carriage of Queen Elizabeth II, in 1978, during a visit to Great Britain.

He crashed his plane in 1957 on his way to Moscow. He survived only a few injuries to his left leg. Foreign Minister Grigore Preoteasa and three other crew members were killed in the plane crash.

He loved American police movies and the Kojak series.

Nicolae Ceaușescu graduated only the first 4 classes and started working as an apprentice shoemaker from the age of 11.

He was arrested 5 times, the first time when he was only 15 years old, and until the age of 26 he was sentenced to 7 years in prison

The former president of Romania received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from 8 Universities.

He was a deputy of Olt from 1946-1948, after being democratically elected.

He was the youngest political leader in Europe and the only communist leader to establish diplomatic relations with the FRG.