Elena Ceaușescu

Elena Ceaușescu
Deputy Prime Minister of Romania
In office 29 March 1980 – 22 December 1989
President	Nicolae Ceaușescu
Prime Minister	Ilie Verdeț Constantin Dăscălescu
First Lady of Romania[1]
In role 22 March 1965 – 22 December 1989
General Secretary	Nicolae Ceaușescu
Succeeded by	Nina Iliescu
Personal details
Born	Lenuța Petrescu (1916-01-07)7 January 1916 Petrești, Kingdom of Romania
Died	25 December 1989(1989-12-25) (aged 73) Târgoviște, Socialist Republic of Romania
Political party	Romanian Communist Party
Spouse(s)	Nicolae Ceaușescu ​ ​ (m. 1947; died 1989)​
Children	Valentin Zoia Nicu

Elena Ceaușescu (Romanian pronunciation: [eˈlena t͡ʃe̯auˈʃesku]; née Lenuța Petrescu; 7 January 1916^[2] – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician. She was the wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania. She was also the Deputy Prime Minister of Romania.

She and her husband Nicolae were publicly executed by a firing squad on 25 December 1989.

References

1. Árpád Szoczi, Timisoara: The Real Story Behind the Romanian Revolution, 2013, ISBN 9781475958744
2. "FOND C.C. AL P.C.R. –CABINETUL 2 – ELENA CEAUŞESCU INVENTAR Anii extremi: 1984–1989 Nr. u.a.: 180" (PDF). arhivelenationale.ro (in Romanian). Arhivele Naționale (National Archives of Romania). Retrieved 8 April 2018.