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Elena Ceaușescu

1916–1989 · 20th century

Elena Ceaușescu (1916–1989) was the wife of the Romanian communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu and from the 1970s the second most powerful person in the country, as a member of the party's top body and first deputy prime minister. Despite little formal schooling she was promoted as a world-renowned chemist. She was tried with her husband by a military tribunal and executed with him on 25 December 1989.

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Socialist Republic of Romania

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Elena Ceaușescu. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/elena-ceausescu
MLA: “Elena Ceaușescu.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/elena-ceausescu. Accessed .
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