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Elena Ceaușescu

1916 - 1989

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Elena Ceaușescu (Romanian pronunciation: [eˈlena tʃe̯a.uˈʃesku]; born Lenuța Petrescu; 7 January 1916 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician who 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elena Ceaușescu has received more than 1,545,381 page views. Her biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Elena Ceaușescu is the 549th most popular politician (up from 616th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Romania and the 6th most popular Romanian Politician.

Elena Ceaușescu was the wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, the communist dictator of Romania from 1965 to 1989. She is most famous for being a member of the Romanian Communist Party and a member of the Romanian Academy.

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  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Elena Ceaușescu ranks 549 out of 19,576. Before her are Franz von Papen, John II of France, Charles the Simple, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Abdulmejid II, and Emperor Wu of Han. After her are George IV of the United Kingdom, Nader Shah, Menes, Vytautas, Richard II of England, and Ngo Dinh Diem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Elena Ceaușescu ranks 5. Before her are François Mitterrand, Ferruccio Lamborghini, Edward Heath, and Kirk Douglas. After her are Roald Dahl, Gregory Peck, Francis Crick, Aldo Moro, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, and Gough Whitlam. Among people deceased in 1989, Elena Ceaușescu ranks 13. Before her are Herbert von Karajan, Andrei Sakharov, Ted Bundy, Konrad Lorenz, Georges Simenon, and Sergio Leone. After her are Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Osamu Tezuka, Lee Van Cleef, János Kádár, Laurence Olivier, and Dolores Ibárruri.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Elena Ceaușescu ranks 10 out of 844. Before her are Michael I of Romania (1921), Eugène Ionesco (1909), Alaric I (376), Stephen Báthory (1533), John Hunyadi (1407), and Emil Cioran (1911). After her are Tristan Tzara (1896), Béla IV of Hungary (1206), Ion Antonescu (1882), Mircea Eliade (1907), Theodoric I (393), and Leo I the Thracian (401).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Elena Ceaușescu ranks 6. Before her are Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918), Michael I of Romania (1921), Alaric I (376), Stephen Báthory (1533), and John Hunyadi (1407). After her are Béla IV of Hungary (1206), Ion Antonescu (1882), Theodoric I (393), Leo I the Thracian (401), Carol II of Romania (1893), and Béla Kun (1886).

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