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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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 Orthodoxy
educationPolicy state-controlled education system
endDate 1965-08-21
establishedBy abolition of the monarchy in Romania
executiveBody Council of Ministers
followedBy 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 Republica Populară Romînă
politicalIdeology Marxism–Leninism
state socialism
precededBy Kingdom of Romania
region Eastern Europe
repression political persecution of opposition
rulingParty 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 People's Republic of Romania
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic
Romanian Communist Party governedTerritory People's Republic of Romania
subject linked to: PCR
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic
Romanian Communist Party governedTerritory Socialist Republic of Romania
subject linked to: PCR
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic
National Council of Women (Romania) operatedInPoliticalSystem socialist Republic of Romania
subject linked to: National Council of Women
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej placeOfDeath Socialist Republic of Romania
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic
Ion Gigurtu placeOfDeath Romanian People's Republic
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic
Jilava Prison usedDuringPeriod Communist Romania
subject linked to: Jilava
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic
Political Consultative Committee affiliatedWith Socialist Republic of Romania
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic
Committee on Technology and Armaments hadMember Socialist Republic of Romania
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic
General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party positionHeldIn Socialist Republic of Romania
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic
General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party positionHeldIn People's Republic of Romania
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic
Romanian Revolution of 1989 governmentBefore Socialist Republic of Romania
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic
President of the State Council of Romania appliesToJurisdiction Socialist Republic of Romania
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic
Zoia Ceaușescu politicalContext Socialist Republic of Romania
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic
Nicu Ceaușescu era Socialist Republic of Romania
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Greater Romania historicalSuccessor Socialist Republic of Romania
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic
Michael I of Romania successor Romanian People's Republic
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic
Romanian People’s Republic officialName Republica Populară Romînă
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic
Romanian People’s Republic followedBy Socialist Republic of Romania
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic
Romanian anti-communist resistance opponent Romanian People’s Republic authorities
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic
Council of State (Romania) countryDuringExistence Socialist Republic of Romania
subject linked to: Council of State
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic
Târgu Jiu internment camp eventuallyIn Socialist Republic of Romania
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic
Council of Ministers of the Socialist Republic of Romania existedUnder Romanian People’s Republic
subject linked to: Council of Ministers
Council of Ministers of the Socialist Republic of Romania existedUnder Socialist Republic of Romania
subject linked to: Council of Ministers
linked to: Romanian People’s Republic