He was the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and the second and last communist leader of Romania. Nicolae Ceaușescu ( / tʃ aʊ ˈ ʃ ɛ s k uː/ chow- SHESK-oo, Romanian: ⓘ 5 February 1918 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician and statesman. Târgoviște, Socialist Republic of Romania ( )5 February 1918 (Old Style: 23 January)
Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Partyįirst Secretary of the Union of Communist Youthįirst Secretary of the Olt Regional Committee of the Communist Party State Under Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture
Member of the Presidium of the Great National Assembly
