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Elena Ceaușescu

1916 - 1989

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Elena Ceaușescu (Romanian pronunciation: [eˈlena tʃe̯a.uˈʃesku]; born Lenuța Petrescu; 7 January 1916 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician who was the wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania. She was also the Deputy Prime Minister of Romania. Following the Romanian Revolution in 1989, she was executed alongside her husband on 25 December. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elena Ceaușescu is the 950th most popular politician (down from 549th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Romania (down from 10th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Romanian Politician.

Elena Ceaușescu was the wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, the communist dictator of Romania from 1965 to 1989. She is most famous for being a member of the Romanian Communist Party and a member of the Romanian Academy.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Elena Ceaușescu ranks 950 out of 19,576. Before her are Thutmose II, Ahab, Albert I of Belgium, Emperor Gaozu of Tang, Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, and Kliment Voroshilov. After her are Jerry Brown, Alexis of Russia, Albert II of Germany, Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Ardashir I, and Wojciech Jaruzelski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Elena Ceaușescu ranks 10. Before her are Robert McNamara, Kirk Douglas, Ferruccio Lamborghini, Gregory Peck, Aldo Moro, and Gough Whitlam. After her are Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Francis Crick, Roald Dahl, Ahmed Ben Bella, and João Havelange. Among people deceased in 1989, Elena Ceaușescu ranks 16. Before her are Georges Simenon, Sergio Leone, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Andrei Sakharov, George Beadle, and Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein. After her are János Kádár, Andrei Gromyko, Lee Van Cleef, Bette Davis, Emilio Segrè, and Laurence Olivier.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Elena Ceaușescu ranks 16 out of 844. Before her are John Hunyadi (1407), Tristan Tzara (1896), Ion Antonescu (1882), Béla IV of Hungary (1206), Herta Müller (1953), and Mircea Eliade (1907). After her are Radu cel Frumos (1438), Constantin Brâncuși (1876), Vlad II Dracul (1395), Paul Celan (1920), Theodoric I (393), and Béla Kun (1886).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Elena Ceaușescu ranks 9. Before her are Michael I of Romania (1921), Stephen Báthory (1533), Alaric I (376), John Hunyadi (1407), Ion Antonescu (1882), and Béla IV of Hungary (1206). After her are Radu cel Frumos (1438), Vlad II Dracul (1395), Theodoric I (393), Béla Kun (1886), Ion Iliescu (1930), and Carol II of Romania (1893).

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