Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej

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Birthday
Nov 08, 1901 (123 years old)
Death date
Mar 19, 1965

Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej

Known For

Comrade: The Making, Glory and Unmaking of a Dictator
2h 30m
TV Show 2023

Comrade: The Making, Glory and Unmaking of a Dictator

In-depth documentary mini-series presenting the rise, rule and fall of communist Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and the way he shaped both Romanian and international history.

Biography

Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (8 November 1901 – 19 March 1965) was a Romanian communist politician and electrician. He was the first Communist leader of Romania from 1947 to 1965, serving as first secretary of the Romanian Communist Party (ultimately "Romanian Workers' Party", PMR) from 1944 to 1954 and from 1955 to 1965, and as the first Communist Prime Minister of Romania from 1952 to 1955. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.