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Ana Pauker Ana Pauker The world's first woman foreign minister and head of the Romanian party's "Muscovite faction", brought down by Gheorghiu-Dej's 1952 purge Political and party leadership · Romania 1893–1960
Vasile Luca Vasile Luca Finance minister of the "Muscovite faction", purged on the pretext of the 1952 currency reform and dead in Aiud prison, a Székely Hungarian communist Political and party leadership · Romania 1898–1963
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Romania's first communist leader who turned the country from a Soviet satellite toward a semi-autonomous course Political and party leadership · Romanian Communist Party (PCR) 1901–1965
Teohari Georgescu Teohari Georgescu The first communist interior minister, builder of the Securitate, purged in 1952 alongside Pauker and Luca for "shielding" them Security, intelligence and policing · Romania 1908–1976
Nicolae Ceaușescu Nicolae Ceaușescu Romania's leader who combined independent diplomacy with a cult of personality Political and party leadership · Romania 1918–1989
Elena Ceaușescu Elena Ceaușescu The regime insider who fused political power with scientific prestige Political and party leadership · Romanian Communist Party (PCR) 1919–1989
Vasile Milea Vasile Milea Ceaușescu's last defence minister: his death on 22 December 1989 triggered the army's mass defection to the revolution Military command · Romania 1927–1989