Jump to content

Nicu Ceaușescu: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Reverted to revision 966455254 by Barumbarumba (talk): Reverted unexplained deletions of sourced content (TW)
Undid revision 969750507 by Alex B4 (talk) This version just removed data for no good reason
Line 5: Line 5:
|image = Nicu Ceaușescu 1990.jpg
|image = Nicu Ceaușescu 1990.jpg
|caption =
|caption =
|office = First Secretary of the [[Sibiu County|Sibiu County Committee]] of the [[Romanian Communist Party|Communist Party]]
|office = First Secretary of the [[Sibiu County|Sibiu Regional Committee]] of the [[Romanian Communist Party|Communist Party]]
|1blankname = {{nowrap|General Secretary}}
⚫
| term_start = 17 October 1987
| term_end = 22 December 1989
|1namedata = [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]]
⚫
|term_start = 17 October 1987
| predecessor =
| successor = ''Position abolished''
|term_end = 22 December 1989
⚫
|predecessor =
⚫
| office1 = Minister of Youth and First Secretary of the [[Union of Communist Youth]]
|successor = ''Office abolished''
⚫
| primeminister1 = [[Constantin Dăscălescu]]
⚫
|office1 = Minister of Youth & First Secretary of the [[Union of Communist Youth]]
⚫
| term_start1 = 12 December 1983
⚫
|primeminister1 = [[Constantin Dăscălescu]]
| term_end1 = 17 October 1987
⚫
|term_start1 = 12 December 1983
⚫
| predecessor1 = [[Pantelimon Găvănescu]]
| successor1 = [[Ioan Toma]]
|term_end1 = 17 October 1987
⚫
|predecessor1 = [[Pantelimon Găvănescu]]
⚫
|birth_name =
|successor1 = [[Ioan Toma]]
|office2 = Member of the [[Great National Assembly]]
|term_start2 = 1980
⚫
|term_end2 = 1989
|birth_name = Nicolae Ceaușescu
|birth_date = {{birth date|1951|09|1|df=yes}}
|birth_date = {{birth date|1951|09|1|df=yes}}
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|09|26|1951|09|1|df=yes}}
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|09|26|1951|09|1|df=yes}}
|death_place = [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]
|death_place = [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]
|birth_place = [[Bucharest]], [[Socialist Republic of Romania|Romanian People's Republic]]
|birth_place = [[Bucharest]], [[Socialist Republic of Romania|Romanian People's Republic]]
|party = [[Romanian Communist Party]] (1971-1989)
⚫
|residence =
|alma_mater = [[University of Bucharest]] <br /> [[Ștefan Gheorghiu Academy]]
|occupation =
|profession = Physicist, Politician
|known_for =
|known_for =
|children =
|children =
|spouse =
|spouse = {{Marriage|[[Poliana Cristescu]]|1983|1985|end=divorced}}
|parents = [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]]<br />[[Elena Ceaușescu]]
|parents = [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]]<br />[[Elena Ceaușescu]]
}}
}}


'''Nicu Ceaușescu''' ({{IPA-ro|ˈniku tʃe̯a.uˈʃesku}}; 1 September 1951 – 26 September 1996) was a Romanian [[physicist]] and [[communist]] politician who was the youngest child of [[Romania]]n leader [[Nicolae Ceaușescu|Nicolae]] and [[Elena Ceaușescu]]. He was a close associate of his father's political regime and considered the President's [[heir presumptive]].
'''Nicu Ceaușescu''' ({{IPA-ro|ˈniku tʃe̯a.uˈʃesku}}; 1 September 1951 – 26 September 1996) was a Romanian [[physicist]] and [[communist]] politician who was the youngest child of [[Romania]]n leaders [[Nicolae Ceaușescu|Nicolae]] and [[Elena Ceaușescu]]. He was a close associate of his father's political regime and considered the President's [[heir presumptive]].


==Life during Communism==
==Life during Communism==
Line 39: Line 45:


==Post-Communist life and legacy==
==Post-Communist life and legacy==
Since high school, Nicu was reputed to be a heavy drinker. [[Ion Mihai Pacepa]], who defected to the [[United States]] in 1978, alleged that he scandalized Bucharest with his rapes and car accidents.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}} He claimed that his father heard about Nicu's drinking problem, but his solution was the one given to every problem in Romania: work harder.<ref name="pacepa" /> [[Latif Yahia]] claimed that Nicu was good friends with [[Uday Hussein]], son of Iraqi President [[Saddam Hussein]], and the two would visit each other in [[Switzerland]] and [[Monaco]].<ref>{{cite book | author = Latif Yahia | author2 = Karl Wendl | title = I Was Saddam's Son | url = https://archive.org/details/iwassaddamsson0000yayl/page/297 | date = 1997 | location = | publisher = Little, Brown and Company | id = | isbn = 978-155-970-373-4 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/iwassaddamsson0000yayl/page/297 297] }}</ref> He also allegedly lost large sums of money gambling around the world.<ref name="stalinism295"/><ref name="nytimes">"Nicu Ceaușescu, 45, Flamboyant Son of Romanian Dictator", in ''[[The New York Times]]'' 27 September 1996; p. B8</ref>
Since high school, Nicu was reputed to be a heavy drinker. [[Ion Mihai Pacepa]], who defected to the [[United States]] in 1978, alleged that he scandalized Bucharest with his rapes and car accidents.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}} He claimed that his father heard about Nicu's drinking problem, but his solution was the one given to every problem in Romania: work harder.<ref name="pacepa" /> He also allegedly lost large sums of money gambling around the world.<ref name="stalinism295"/><ref name="nytimes">"Nicu Ceaușescu, 45, Flamboyant Son of Romanian Dictator", in ''[[The New York Times]]'' 27 September 1996; p. B8</ref>


The documentary ''Videograms of a Revolution'' shows him exhibited as a prisoner on state television on 22 December 1989 after being arrested on accusations of holding children as hostages and other crimes.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}} He was also [[arrest]]ed in 1990 for misuse of government funds under his father's [[regime]], and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}} Released in November 1992 because of [[cirrhosis]], he died of the disease four years later, aged 45, in a [[Vienna]] hospital.<ref name="nytimes"/>
The documentary ''Videograms of a Revolution'' shows him exhibited as a prisoner on state television on 22 December 1989 after being arrested on accusations of holding children as hostages and other crimes.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}} He was also [[arrest]]ed in 1990 for misuse of government funds under his father's [[regime]], and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}} Released in November 1992 because of [[cirrhosis]], he died of the disease four years later, aged 45, in a [[Vienna]] hospital.<ref name="nytimes"/>

Revision as of 21:22, 27 July 2020

Nicu Ceaușescu
First Secretary of the Sibiu Regional Committee of the Communist Party
In office
17 October 1987 – 22 December 1989
General SecretaryNicolae Ceaușescu
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister of Youth & First Secretary of the Union of Communist Youth
In office
12 December 1983 – 17 October 1987
Prime MinisterConstantin Dăscălescu
Preceded byPantelimon Găvănescu
Succeeded byIoan Toma
Member of the Great National Assembly
In office
1980–1989
Personal details
Born
Nicolae Ceaușescu

(1951-09-01)1 September 1951
Bucharest, Romanian People's Republic
Died26 September 1996(1996-09-26) (aged 45)
Vienna, Austria
Political partyRomanian Communist Party (1971-1989)
Spouse
​
​
(m. 1983; div. 1985)​
Parent(s)Nicolae Ceaușescu
Elena Ceaușescu
Alma materUniversity of Bucharest
Ștefan Gheorghiu Academy
ProfessionPhysicist, Politician

Nicu Ceaușescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈniku tʃe̯a.uˈʃesku]; 1 September 1951 – 26 September 1996) was a Romanian physicist and communist politician who was the youngest child of Romanian leaders Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu. He was a close associate of his father's political regime and considered the President's heir presumptive.

Life during Communism

According to Ion Mihai Pacepa, Ceaușescu wanted Nicu to become his Foreign Minister and for that, he instructed two high-ranked Party members, Ștefan Andrei and Cornel Pacoste (whom he considered brilliant Communist intellectuals) to take care of Nicu's education; however, unlike his older siblings, he disliked school and was allegedly derided by them for never being seen reading a book.[1]

He graduated from Liceul no. 24 (now named Jean Monnet High School) and then studied physics at the University of Bucharest. He was involved in Uniunea Tineretului Comunist while a student, becoming its First Secretary and then Minister of Youth Issues, being elected to the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party in 1982.[2]

As an apprentice in politics, he was mentored by Ștefan Andrei, Ion Traian Ștefănescu and Cornel Pacoste. Toward the end of the 1980s, he was made a member of the Executive Committee of the Romanian Communist Party and in 1987 the leader for Sibiu County, being prepared by his parents to be his father's successor.[2]

Post-Communist life and legacy

Since high school, Nicu was reputed to be a heavy drinker. Ion Mihai Pacepa, who defected to the United States in 1978, alleged that he scandalized Bucharest with his rapes and car accidents.[citation needed] He claimed that his father heard about Nicu's drinking problem, but his solution was the one given to every problem in Romania: work harder.[1] He also allegedly lost large sums of money gambling around the world.[2][3]

The documentary Videograms of a Revolution shows him exhibited as a prisoner on state television on 22 December 1989 after being arrested on accusations of holding children as hostages and other crimes.[citation needed] He was also arrested in 1990 for misuse of government funds under his father's regime, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.[citation needed] Released in November 1992 because of cirrhosis, he died of the disease four years later, aged 45, in a Vienna hospital.[3]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nicu Ceaușescu.
  1. ^ a b Ion Mihai Pacepa (1990) Red Horizons: The True Story of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescus' Crimes, Lifestyle, and Corruption, Regnery Publishing, Inc. pp. 62–63. ISBN 0-89526-746-2.
  2. ^ a b c Vladimir Tismăneanu (2005) Stalinism pentru eternitate, Polirom, Iaşi. p. 295. ISBN 973-681-899-3.
  3. ^ a b "Nicu Ceaușescu, 45, Flamboyant Son of Romanian Dictator", in The New York Times 27 September 1996; p. B8
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Nicu_Ceaușescu&oldid=969872046"