Ceauşescu

American  

[chou-shes-koo] / tʃaʊˈʃɛs ku /

noun

1. Nicolae 1918–89, Romanian political leader: president 1967–89.

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Ceauşescu British  

/ tʃaʊˈʃɛskuː /

noun

1. Nicolae (ˌnɪkɒˈlaɪ). 1918–89, Romanian statesman; chairman of the state council (1967–89) and president of Romania (1974–89): deposed and executed

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Ceauşescu

When the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu came to the UK in 1978, a memo from then-Foreign Secretary David Owen asked: "Who agreed to this visit? Did I? If I did, I regret it."

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

Birth rates under Ceauşescu did initially shoot up, at least until women inevitably figured out how to get around the system.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2024

You can watch video footage of Ceauşescu, in Bucharest, 1989, confidently addressing an assembled audience and realizing in a single moment that the crowd has turned.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 16, 2019

She famously hid behind a bush in the palace gardens on spotting the brutal Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu out for a stroll, to avoid spending more time with him than was strictly necessary.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 3, 2019

Ceauşescu, who only a few days before had received Premier Begin, said he thought it was a sound idea.

From Time Magazine Archive