It is said that this was only populism, as Poland was in the European Union and so this initiative hardly had a chance.[67] Portugal 1846 1976 Capital Punishment was abolished for political crimes in 1852, civil crimes in 1867 and war crimes in 1911.[265] In 1916, capital punishment was reinstated only for military offenses that occurred in a war against a foreign country and in the theater of war.[266] Capital punishment was completely abolished again in 1976.[267] See Capital punishment in Portugal. Romania 1989 1990[268] The last people to be convicted and executed in Romania were the former dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena Ceaușescu, following the Romanian Revolution of 1989.