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The Execution of the CeauÅŸescus

On December 25th 1989, Nicolae and Elena CeauÅŸescu were executed by firing squad.

It was the end of one of the most repressive regimes in former communist eastern Europe.

Nicolae and Elena CeauÅŸescu were executed by firing squad on 25 December 1989.

It was the end of one of the most repressive regimes in former Communist eastern Europe.

Petre Roman took part in the revolution that overthrew the CeauÅŸescus and became the country's first democratic prime minister.

Photo: Elena and Nicolae CeauÅŸescu in the November before their execution, Credit: Getty Images

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