Romanian People’s Republic

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The Romanian People’s Republic was a socialist state in Eastern Europe that existed from 1947 to 1965 under communist rule aligned with the Soviet Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former country
one-party state
socialist state
alignedWith Soviet Union
capital Bucharest
constitutionalChange 1952 constitution of the Romanian People’s Republic
1961 constitutional amendments
continent Europe
country Romania
currency Romanian leu
demographicGroup Romanian majority population
dominantReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
educationPolicy state-controlled education system
endDate 1965-08-21
establishedBy abolition of the monarchy in Romania
executiveBody Council of Ministers
followedBy Romanian People’s Republic self-linksurface differs
surface form: Socialist Republic of Romania
foreignPolicy pro-Soviet alignment in early years
governmentType communist one-party state
socialist republic
headOfGovernment Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Ion Gheorghe Maurer
Petru Groza
headOfState Constantin Ion Parhon
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Petru Groza
headOfStateTitle President of the Presidium of the Great National Assembly
historicalEra Cold War
landReform collectivization of agriculture
legalSystem socialist law
legislature Great National Assembly
memberOf Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
Eastern Bloc
Warsaw Pact
nationalizationPolicy extensive nationalization of industry
officialLanguage Romanian
officialName Romanian People’s Republic self-linksurface differs
surface form: Republica Populară Romînă
politicalIdeology Marxism–Leninism
state socialism
precededBy Kingdom of Romania
region Eastern Europe
repression political persecution of opposition
rulingParty Romanian Communist Party
surface form: Romanian Workers’ Party
secretPoliceRole internal surveillance and repression
securityService Securitate
shortName RPR
startDate 1947-12-30
stateSymbol coat of arms of the Romanian People’s Republic
flag of the Romanian People’s Republic

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Kingdom of Romania successor Romanian People’s Republic
Kingdom of Romania successor Romanian People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Romania
PCR governedTerritory Romanian People’s Republic
subject surface form: Romanian Communist Party
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Romania
PCR governedTerritory Romanian People’s Republic
subject surface form: Romanian Communist Party
this entity surface form: Socialist Republic of Romania
National Council of Women operatedInPoliticalSystem Romanian People’s Republic
subject surface form: National Council of Women (Romania)
this entity surface form: socialist Republic of Romania
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej placeOfDeath Romanian People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Socialist Republic of Romania
Ion Gigurtu placeOfDeath Romanian People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Romanian People's Republic
Jilava usedDuringPeriod Romanian People’s Republic
subject surface form: Jilava Prison
this entity surface form: Communist Romania
Political Consultative Committee affiliatedWith Romanian People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Socialist Republic of Romania
Committee on Technology and Armaments hadMember Romanian People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Socialist Republic of Romania
General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party positionHeldIn Romanian People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Socialist Republic of Romania
General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party positionHeldIn Romanian People’s Republic
this entity surface form: People's Republic of Romania
Romanian Revolution of 1989 governmentBefore Romanian People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Socialist Republic of Romania
President of the State Council of Romania appliesToJurisdiction Romanian People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Socialist Republic of Romania
Zoia Ceaușescu politicalContext Romanian People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Socialist Republic of Romania
Nicu Ceaușescu era Romanian People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Socialist Republic of Romania
Greater Romania historicalSuccessor Romanian People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Socialist Republic of Romania
Michael I of Romania successor Romanian People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Romanian People's Republic
Romanian People’s Republic officialName Romanian People’s Republic self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Republica Populară Romînă
Romanian People’s Republic followedBy Romanian People’s Republic self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Socialist Republic of Romania
Romanian anti-communist resistance opponent Romanian People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Romanian People’s Republic authorities
Council of State countryDuringExistence Romanian People’s Republic
subject surface form: Council of State (Romania)
this entity surface form: Socialist Republic of Romania
Târgu Jiu internment camp eventuallyIn Romanian People’s Republic
this entity surface form: Socialist Republic of Romania
Council of Ministers existedUnder Romanian People’s Republic
subject surface form: Council of Ministers of the Socialist Republic of Romania
Council of Ministers existedUnder Romanian People’s Republic
subject surface form: Council of Ministers of the Socialist Republic of Romania
this entity surface form: Socialist Republic of Romania