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Gheorghiu-Dej

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[gyawr-gyoo-dezh] / ˈgjɔr gjuˌdɛʒ /

noun

  1. Gheorghe 1901–65, Romanian statesman: premier 1952–55; president of the state council 1961–65.


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Under Ceausescu and his predecessor, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, who died of pneumonia just a year ago, Rumania has utterly disproved two-thirds of Czar Nicholas' caustic calumny.*

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Economica, Rumania's Boss Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej warned that Comeconomics, if pushed to the limits Moscow envisions, might well drive Rumania out of the scheme.

From Time Magazine Archive

One national Communist who eluded the Stalin purges in Rumania was Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, a hardhanded railroad worker turned revolutionary.

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Into the amber spot at stage center the Communists pushed Gheorghiu-Dej, the man left in prison back in 1941.

From Time Magazine Archive

After the purges Gheorghiu-Dej and his close collaborators assumed full and undivided authority within the party.

From Area Handbook for Romania by Donald W. Bernier

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