Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej

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Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej was a Romanian communist politician who led Romania as its de facto ruler from the late 1940s until his death in 1965, overseeing the establishment and consolidation of the communist regime.

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Gheorghiu-Dej 1
Maria Gheorghiu-Dej 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf communist politician
head of government
head of state
human
politician
burialPlace Carol Park Mausoleum
causeOfDeath lung cancer
countryLed Romania
countryOfCitizenship Romania
dateOfBirth 1901-11-08
dateOfDeath 1965-03-19
employer Galați railway workshops
ethnicGroup Romanians
familyName Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gheorghiu-Dej
givenName Gheorghe
headOfGovernmentOf Romania
headOfStateOf Romania
ideology Marxism–Leninism
communism
imprisonedAt Doftana Prison
Târgu Jiu internment camp
memberOf Romanian Communist Party
memberOfPoliticalParty Romanian Communist Party
movement international communist movement
nativeLanguage Romanian
notableWork Romania’s gradual distancing from the Soviet Union in early 1960s
collectivization of agriculture in Romania
establishment of communist regime in Romania
industrialization of Romania
occupation electrician
politician
participantIn Romanian Communist movement before World War II
World War II (as political prisoner)
post–World War II Sovietization of Romania
purges of Romanian Communist Party leadership
placeOfBirth Bârlad
Kingdom of Romania
placeOfDeath Bucharest
Romanian People’s Republic
surface form: Socialist Republic of Romania
positionHeld General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party
President of the Council of State of Romania
Prime Minister of Romania
de facto leader of Romania
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
residence Bucharest
sexOrGender male
spouse Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej self-linksurface differs
surface form: Maria Gheorghiu-Dej
succeededBy Nicolae Ceaușescu
workLocation Bucharest

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Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej familyName Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gheorghiu-Dej
Romanian Communist Party generalSecretary Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
PCR generalSecretary Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
subject surface form: Romanian Communist Party
Romanian Communist Party leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Nicolae Ceaușescu precededBy Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej spouse Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Maria Gheorghiu-Dej