Gheorghiu-Dej was born on November 8, 1901 in Bârlad, Romania. He was a Romanian communist politician who served as the first General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1945 to 1965 and as the de facto leader of the Romanian People's Republic from 1947 to 1965.
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