PCR

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PCR was the abbreviation for the Romanian Communist Party, the ruling Marxist-Leninist political organization that governed Romania during most of the communist era in the 20th century.

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instanceOf communist party
political party
abbreviation PCR self-linksurface differs
banned 1924
bannedAfter Romanian Revolution of 1989
cameToPower after World War II
collapsedDuring Romanian Revolution of 1989
controlledInstitution Council of Ministers
Council of State
Great National Assembly
country Romania
dissolved 1989
economicPolicy central planning
collectivization of agriculture
founded 1921
generalSecretary Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Nicolae Ceaușescu
governedTerritory Romanian People’s Republic
surface form: People's Republic of Romania

Romanian People’s Republic
surface form: Socialist Republic of Romania
governingPeriod 1947–1989
headquartersLocation Bucharest
ideology Marxism–Leninism
inPowerDuring Cold War
internationalAffiliation Cominform
Cominform
surface form: World Communist Movement
languageOfOperation Romanian language
surface form: Romanian
leaderTitle General Secretary
legalStatus sole ruling party of Romania
membershipPeak over 3 million members
nativeName Romanian Communist Party
surface form: Partidul Comunist Român
newspaper Scînteia
opposedBy Romanian anti-communist resistance
paramilitaryWing Patriotic Guards
partyColor red
position far-left
predecessor Social Democratic Party of Romania
promotedCultOfPersonality Nicolae Ceaușescu
re-legalized 1944
requiredIdeologicalEducation Marxism–Leninism
securityApparatusRole repression of political dissent
securityOrgan Securitate
stateDoctrine national communism
proletarian internationalism
successor National Salvation Front (de facto political successor)
supportedBy Soviet Union
typeOfStateCreated one-party socialist state
womenWing National Council of Women
youthWing Union of Communist Youth

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PCR abbreviation PCR self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Romanian Communist Party