Editing Nicolae Ceaușescu (section)

===Death===
[[File:Ceaucescu Post-death.jpg|thumb|Ceaucescu Post-death]]
Ceaușescu and his wife Elena fled the capital with Emil Bobu and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manea_M%C4%83nescu Manea Mănescu] and headed, by helicopter, for Ceaușescu's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snagov Snagov] residence, whence they fled again, this time for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A2rgovi%C5%9Fte Târgovişte]. Near Târgovişte they abandoned the helicopter, having been ordered to land by the army, which by that time had restricted flying in Romania's airspace. The Ceaușescus were held by the police while the policemen listened to the radio. They were eventually turned over to the army. On Christmas Day, 25 December, the two were tried in a brief show trial and sentenced to death by a military court on charges ranging from illegal gathering of wealth to [[genocide]], and were executed in Târgovişte. During the trial, Ceaușescu repeatedly denied the court's authority to try him, and asserted he was still legally president of Romania. The video of the trial shows that, after sentencing, they had their hands tied behind their backs and were led outside the building to be executed.The Ceaușescus were executed by a firing squad consisting of elite [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paratroop paratroop] regiment soldiers: Captain Ionel Boeru, Sergeant-Major Georghin Octavian and Dorin-Marian Cirlan, while reportedly hundreds of others also volunteered. The firing squad began shooting as soon as the two were in position against a wall. The firing happened too soon for the film crew covering the events to record it.Before his sentence was carried out, Nicolae Ceaușescu sang "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internationale The Internationale]" while being led up against the wall. After the shooting, the bodies were covered with canvas. The hasty show trial and the images of the dead Ceaușescus were videotaped and the footage promptly released in numerous western countries. Later that day, it was also shown on Romanian television.

The Ceaușescus were the last people to be executed in Romania before the abolition of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Romania capital punishment] on 7 January 1990.

Their graves are located in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghencea_Cemetery Ghencea Cemetery] in Bucharest. They are buried on opposite sides of a path. The graves themselves are unassuming, but they tend to be covered in flowers and symbols of the regime. In April 2007, their son [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Ceau%C8%99escu Valentin Ceaușescu] lost an appeal for an investigation into whether the graves were genuine. Upon his death in 1996, the elder son, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicu_Ceau%C8%99escu Nicu], was buried nearby in the same cemetery. According to ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurnalul_Na%C8%9Bional Jurnalul Național]'', requests were made by the Ceaușescus' daughter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoia_Ceau%C8%99escu Zoia] and by supporters of their political views to move their remains to mausoleums or to purpose-built churches. These demands were denied by the government. On 21 July 2010, forensic scientists [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhumation exhumed] the bodies of the Ceaușescus to perform DNA tests. It was determined that they were indeed the remains of the Ceaușescus.
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