Romanian Communist Party

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communist party political party ruling party

The Romanian Communist Party was the ruling Marxist-Leninist political organization that controlled Romania as a one-party socialist state during the Cold War.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Partidul Comunist Român 2
Romanian Communist Party leadership 2
Romanian Communist Party mass organizations apparatus 1
Romanian Workers' Party 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf communist party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
ruling party ⓘ
abbreviation PCR ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
surface form: Partidul Comunist Român
banned 1924 ⓘ
bannedBy post-1989 Romanian authorities ⓘ
cameToEndWith Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ
surface form: Romanian Revolution of 1989
cameToPowerDuring post–World War II Soviet occupation of Romania ⓘ
controlledOrganization Great National Assembly ⓘ
Romanian Armed Forces ⓘ
Romanian media ⓘ
Securitate ⓘ
country Romania ⓘ
dissolved 1989 ⓘ
economicPolicy collectivization of agriculture ⓘ
planned economy ⓘ
state ownership of means of production ⓘ
founded 1921 ⓘ
generalSecretary Elena Ceaușescu ⓘ
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej ⓘ
Nicolae Ceaușescu ⓘ
governedDuring Cold War ⓘ
governingDoctrine democratic centralism ⓘ
headquartersLocation Bucharest ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
internationalAffiliation Cominform ⓘ
Comintern ⓘ
surface form: Communist International (historical influence)
leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej ⓘ
Nicolae Ceaușescu ⓘ
leaderTitle General Secretary of the Communist Party ⓘ
surface form: General Secretary
legalized 1944 ⓘ
massOrganization General Union of Trade Unions ⓘ
Union of Communist Youth ⓘ
surface form: Union of Working Youth
mergedInto Front of National Salvation ⓘ
officialLanguage Romanian ⓘ
opposedBy Romanian Revolution protesters ⓘ
Romanian anti-communist dissidents ⓘ
partyNewspaper Scînteia ⓘ
periodInPowerEnd 1989 ⓘ
periodInPowerStart 1947 ⓘ
politicalPosition far-left ⓘ
precededBy Social Democratic Party of Romania ⓘ
securityApparatus Securitate ⓘ
stateIdeology national communism (later period) ⓘ
proletarian internationalism ⓘ
stateStructure one-party socialist state ⓘ
womenWing National Council of Women ⓘ
youthWing Union of Communist Youth ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Council of Women → alignedWith → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
subject surface form: National Council of Women (Romania)
Departamentul Securității Statului → allegiance → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
Romanian Communist Party → alsoKnownAs → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Partidul Comunist Român
DSS → controlledBy → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
Departamentul Securității Statului → controlledBy → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
General Union of Trade Unions → controlledBy → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
Great National Assembly → controlledBy → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
National Council of Women → controlledBy → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
subject surface form: National Council of Women (Romania)
Scînteia → controlledBy → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
Securitate → controlledBy → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
Union of Communist Youth → controlledBy → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
Eastern Bloc regimes → dominantParty → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
Great National Assembly → dominantParty → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej → memberOf → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
Nicolae Ceaușescu → memberOf → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
Elena Ceaușescu → memberOfPoliticalParty → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej → memberOfPoliticalParty → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
Cominform → memberOrganization → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romanian Workers' Party
PCR → nativeName → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
subject surface form: Romanian Communist Party
this entity surface form: Partidul Comunist Român
Scînteia → officialOrganOf → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
Union of Communist Youth → parentOrganization → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
Securitate → politicalAlignment → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
Union of Communist Youth → politicalAlignment → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
Front of National Salvation → replaced → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romanian Communist Party leadership
Great National Assembly → rulingParty → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
General Union of Trade Unions → subordinateTo → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
Great National Assembly → subordinateTo → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romanian Communist Party leadership
National Council of Women → subordinateTo → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
subject surface form: National Council of Women (Romania)
this entity surface form: Romanian Communist Party mass organizations apparatus
Union of Communist Youth → subordinateTo → Romanian Communist Party ⓘ