Romanian Communist Party
The Romanian Communist Party (PCR) (Romanian: Partidul Comunist Român PCR) was a communist party in Romania. It was founded in 1921 by the pro-Bolshevik wing of the Socialist Party of Romania and lasted until the reactionary forces of the 1989 Gorbachev-backed coup decided to forcefully dissolve and outlaw it. The party ruled in Romania from December 1947 to December 1989.
History
Interwar period (1921-1947)
Romanian People's Republic (1947-1965)
Socialist Republic of Romania (1965-1989)
General secretaries of PCR
| Nr | Name
Year of birth and death |
Image | Time of rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gheorghe Cristescu
1882-1973 |
 |
1921-1924 |
| 2 | Elek Köblös
1887-1938 |
1924-1927 | |
| 3 | Vitali Holostenco
1900-1937 |
1927-1931 | |
| 4 | Alexander Ștefanski
1897-1937 |
 |
1931-1936 |
| 5 | Boris Ștefanov |  |
1936-1940 |
| 6 | Ștefan Foriș |  |
1940-1944 |
| 7 | Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej |  |
1944-1954 |
| 8 | Gheorghe Apostol |  |
1954-1955 |
| 9 | Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej | |
1955-1965 |
| 10 | Nicolae Ceaușescu |  |
1965-1989 |
