What role did Gheorghiu-Dej have in the Romanian Communist Party?
First Secretary
Chairman
Deputy General Secretary
Central Committee member
Answer
Gheorghiu-Dej was the First Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1945 to 1965. He was a close ally of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and oversaw the Sovietization of Romania. Gheorghiu-Dej was a staunch Stalinist and opposed the de-Stalinization reforms that were taking place in the Soviet Union under Nikita Khrushchev. He died in 1965 and was succeeded as First Secretary by Nicolae Ceaușescu.
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