Nicu Ceaușescu

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Nicu Ceaușescu (1990)

Nicu Ceaușescu (born September 1, 1951 in Bucharest , † September 26, 1996 in Vienna ) was a Romanian politician .

Life and political career

As the youngest child of the Romanian heads of state Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu , Nicu was chosen very early as the "Crown Prince" and systematically built up. He quickly became head of the communist youth association in Romania and was the country's youth minister from December 1983 to October 1987. At the end of 1987, Ceaușescu named his son secretary of the Romanian Communist Party in Sibiu County and candidate for the party's Politburo .

Nicu Ceaușescu

The offspring of the Ceaușescu clan was feared and hated at the same time because of his escapades. Nicu Ceaușescu loved luxury, liked to organize carousing parties at night and, above all, did not shy away from brutal violence. Countless rapes and attacks on guests of nightclubs have been reported. During the Romanian Revolution in 1989 , as District Secretary of Sibiu, he issued a shooting order to the security forces, which resulted in the deaths of 91 people. He gave instructions to fire at the demonstrators without warning. In the further course of the political upheaval in Romania he was arrested and later brought before a tribunal in Bucharest . Like his sister Zoia , he was condemned; on September 21, 1990, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Nicu Ceaușescu was already suffering from alcoholism at this time . He was released from prison in November 1992 because of cirrhosis of the liver , from which he died on September 26, 1996 in the Vienna General Hospital . His grave, like that of his parents, is in the Ghencea Cemetery in Bucharest.

literature

  • Heinz Werner: Draculescu's death and inheritance. Where were the vampires? Dietz Verlag, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-320-01684-9 .

Web links

Commons : Nicu Ceaușescu  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heinz Werner: Draculescu's death and legacy. Pp. 39-42 (short vita).
  2. ↑ Heinz Werner: Draculescu's death and legacy. P. 59.
personal data
SURNAME Ceaușescu, Nicu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Bucharest , Romania
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 1996
Place of death Vienna , Austria