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When did Gheorghiu-Dej die?

  • 19 March 1965

  • 8 November 1965

  • 19 March 1966

  • 8 November 1964

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Gheorghiu-Dej died on 19 March 1965. He was a Romanian communist politician who served as the General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1945 to 1965. He was a staunch Stalinist and a supporter of the Soviet Union. After the death of Joseph Stalin, Gheorghiu-Dej began to distance himself from the Soviet Union and pursued a more independent foreign policy.
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