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~~'''~~Nicolae Ceausescu ~~'''was~~ a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania Romanian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism Communist] politician. He was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Secretary General Secretary] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_Communist_Party Romanian Communist Party] from 1965 to 1989, and as such was the country's last Communist leader. He was also the country's head of state from 1967 to 1989.

Nicolae Ceausescu (January 26, 1918 - December 25, 1989) was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania Romanian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism Communist] politician. He was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Secretary General Secretary] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_Communist_Party Romanian Communist Party] from 1965 to 1989, and as such was the country's last Communist leader. He was also the country's head of state from 1967 to 1989.

His rule was marked in the first decade by an open policy towards Western Europe and the United States, which deviated from that of the other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact Warsaw Pact] states during the [[Cold War]]. He continued a trend first established by his predecessor, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gheorghe_Gheorghiu-Dej Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej], who had tactfully coaxed the Soviet Union into withdrawing its troops from Romania in 1958.

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-'''Nicolae Ceausescu '''was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania Romanian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism Communist] politician. He was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Secretary General Secretary] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_Communist_Party Romanian Communist Party] from 1965 to 1989, and as such was the country's last Communist leader. He was also the country's head of state from 1967 to 1989.
+Nicolae Ceausescu (January 26, 1918 - December 25, 1989) was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania Romanian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism Communist] politician. He was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Secretary General Secretary] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_Communist_Party Romanian Communist Party] from 1965 to 1989, and as such was the country's last Communist leader. He was also the country's head of state from 1967 to 1989.
 His rule was marked in the first decade by an open policy towards Western Europe and the United States, which deviated from that of the other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact Warsaw Pact] states during the [[Cold War]]. He continued a trend first established by his predecessor, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gheorghe_Gheorghiu-Dej Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej], who had tactfully coaxed the Soviet Union into withdrawing its troops from Romania in 1958.