Romanian Communist Party

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

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instanceOf communist party
political party
ruling party
abbreviation PCR
alsoKnownAs Partidul Comunist Român
banned 1924
bannedBy post-1989 Romanian authorities
cameToEndWith Romanian Revolution of 1989
linked to: Revolutions 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
Communist International (historical influence)
linked to: Comintern
leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Nicolae Ceaușescu
leaderTitle General Secretary
legalized 1944
massOrganization General Union of Trade Unions
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

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Eastern Bloc regimes dominantParty Romanian Communist Party
Securitate politicalAlignment Romanian Communist Party
Securitate controlledBy Romanian Communist Party
Romanian Communist Party alsoKnownAs Partidul Comunist Român
linked to: Romanian Communist Party
DSS controlledBy Romanian Communist Party
Nicolae Ceaușescu memberOf Romanian Communist Party
Cominform memberOrganization Romanian Workers' Party
linked to: Romanian Communist Party
Departamentul Securității Statului allegiance Romanian Communist Party
Departamentul Securității Statului controlledBy Romanian Communist Party
Romanian Communist Party nativeName Partidul Comunist Român
subject linked to: PCR
linked to: Romanian Communist Party
Front of National Salvation replaced Romanian Communist Party leadership
linked to: Romanian Communist Party
Union of Communist Youth parentOrganization Romanian Communist Party
Union of Communist Youth controlledBy Romanian Communist Party
Union of Communist Youth subordinateTo Romanian Communist Party
Union of Communist Youth politicalAlignment Romanian Communist Party
National Council of Women (Romania) alignedWith Romanian Communist Party
subject linked to: National Council of Women
National Council of Women (Romania) controlledBy Romanian Communist Party
subject linked to: National Council of Women
National Council of Women (Romania) subordinateTo Romanian Communist Party mass organizations apparatus
subject linked to: National Council of Women
linked to: Romanian Communist Party
General Union of Trade Unions controlledBy Romanian Communist Party
General Union of Trade Unions subordinateTo Romanian Communist Party
Great National Assembly rulingParty Romanian Communist Party
Great National Assembly dominantParty Romanian Communist Party
Great National Assembly controlledBy Romanian Communist Party
Great National Assembly subordinateTo Romanian Communist Party leadership
linked to: Romanian Communist Party
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej memberOfPoliticalParty Romanian Communist Party
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej memberOf Romanian Communist Party
Scînteia officialOrganOf Romanian Communist Party
Scînteia controlledBy Romanian Communist Party
Elena Ceaușescu memberOfPoliticalParty Romanian Communist Party
Ion Gigurtu detainedBy communist authorities of Romania
linked to: Romanian Communist Party
Revolution Square associatedWith Romanian Communist Party
General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party partyLeaderOf Romanian Workers' Party
linked to: Romanian Communist Party
Romanian Revolution of 1989 opposedBy Romanian Communist Party
Ion Iliescu memberOfPoliticalParty Romanian Communist Party
Valentin Ceaușescu politicalAffiliation Romanian Communist Party (through family background, not as a leading politician)
linked to: Romanian Communist Party
Nicu Ceaușescu memberOf Romanian Communist Party
Romanian People’s Republic rulingParty Romanian Workers’ Party
linked to: Romanian Communist Party
Patriotic Guards politicalAlignment Romanian Communist Party
Patriotic Guards controlledBy Romanian Communist Party
National Salvation Front replaced Romanian Communist Party
National Salvation Front precededBy Romanian Communist Party
National Salvation Front replacedAsRulingParty Romanian Communist Party
Council of State (Romania) subordinateTo Romanian Communist Party
subject linked to: Council of State
Council of State (Romania) controlledBy Romanian Communist Party
subject linked to: Council of State
Council of the National Salvation Front replaces Romanian Communist Party leadership
linked to: Romanian Communist Party
Carol Park Mausoleum builtFor Romanian Communist Party
Carol Park Mausoleum associatedWith Romanian Communist Party leadership
linked to: Romanian Communist Party