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Romania's last communist premier dies |
May 19, 2003
RFE/RL South Eastern Europe
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Posted by HW on March 29, 2024
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80 years old Constantin Dascalescu, who was prime minister from 1983-89, died on 16 May at the age of 80, Mediafax and international news agencies reported.
Last communist premier |
Dascalescu was in office until Nicolae Ceausescu"s fall on 22 December 1989. He was sentenced to life in prison in 1990 but was released from detention five years later on medical grounds. |
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