The Execution of the Ceausescus

Published: Dec. 25, 2012, 9 a.m.

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Nicolae and Elena Ceau\\u015fescu were executed by firing squad on 25 December 1989.

It was the end of one of the most repressive regimes in former Communist eastern Europe.

Petre Roman took part in the revolution that overthrew the Ceau\\u015fescus and became the country's first democratic prime minister.

Photo: Elena and Nicolae Ceau\\u015fescu in the November before their execution, Credit: Getty Images

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