oppressive communist leader of romania who was deposed in 1989
Nicolae Ceaușescu Nicolae Ceaușescu (Romanian: [nikoˈla.e t͡ʃe̯a.uˈʃesku] ( listen); 26 January 1918[1][2] – 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.