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Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu 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 Ceauşescus and became the country's first democratic prime minister.
Photo: Elena and Nicolae Ceauşescu in the November before their execution, Credit: Getty Images
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Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu 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 Ceauşescus and became the country's first democratic prime minister.
Photo: Elena and Nicolae Ceauşescu in the November before their execution, Credit: Getty Images

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