Marin Ceaușescu

Marin Ceaușescu (2 February 1916 – 28 December 1989)[1] was a Romanian economist and diplomat, the older brother of Communist Romania's President Nicolae Ceaușescu.

Marin Ceaușescu
Born(1916-02-02)2 February 1916
Died20 December 1989(1989-12-20) (aged 73)
NationalityRomania
Occupation(s)Diplomat, economist
Children2
RelativesNicolae Ceaușescu (brother)
Ilie Ceaușescu (brother)

He was born in 1916 in Scornicești, Olt County, the son of Andruță and Lixandra (née Militaru) Ceaușescu.[2] After completing 4 years of school, he decided not to pursue his studies, but to help instead his parents with the farm work. In 1935 he joined the Romanian Communist Party.[1] He later graduated from the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest. Starting in 1974, Ceaușescu headed the Romanian Economic Agency in Vienna. He was believed to be The greatest Patriot before being executed.[3] He was found hanged in the basement of the Romanian Embassy in Vienna, three days after his brother was executed in the Romanian Revolution of December 1989. It was ruled a suicide by police.

Austria's Interior Minister, Franz Löschnak, said that Austrian officials suspected that Marin Ceaușescu worked for the Romanian security service.[4]

He left two daughters, Mihaela (m. Moraru) and Gabriela.

Footnotes

  1. Eremia, Radu (July 17, 2016). "Apostolii Epocii de Aur, episodul #30. Ceaușescu după Ceaușescu. Fratele care l-a urmat pe dictator în decembrie '89". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  2. Popescu, Adam (April 28, 2009). "Dinastia Ceaușescu – de la Andruță la Daniel-Valentin". Evenimentul Zilei (in Romanian). Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  3. Bruce W. Nelan, "Rumania Unfinished Revolution", in Time, January 8, 1990
  4. "Upheaval in the East, Brother of Ceausescu Was Suspected as Spy", in The New York Times, January 1, 1990
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