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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.

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 [~~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War~~ 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.

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.

Ceaușescu's second decade was characterized by an increasingly brutal and repressive regime—by some accounts, the most [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalinism Stalinist] regime in the Soviet bloc. It was also marked by a ubiquitous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_personality personality cult], nationalism and a deterioration in foreign relations with the Soviet Union. Ceaușescu's government was overthrown in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_Revolution_of_1989 December 1989 revolution], and he and his wife were executed following a televised and hastily organised two-hour court session.

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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.
-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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War 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.
+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.
 Ceaușescu's second decade was characterized by an increasingly brutal and repressive regime—by some accounts, the most [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalinism Stalinist] regime in the Soviet bloc. It was also marked by a ubiquitous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_personality personality cult], nationalism and a deterioration in foreign relations with the Soviet Union. Ceaușescu's government was overthrown in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_Revolution_of_1989 December 1989 revolution], and he and his wife were executed following a televised and hastily organised two-hour court session.