What is Elena Ceaușescu?
{{Infobox officeholder |office=[[Deputy Prime Minister of Romania]] |image=Elena Ceausescu.jpg |president=[[Nicolae Ceaușescu]] |primeminister=[[Ilie Verdeț]]<br>[[Constantin Dăscălescu]] | office2 = [[First Lady of Romania]]<ref>Árpád Szoczi, [https://books.google.com/books?id=8GFXhexZLJ4C&dq=First+Lady+of+Romania+Elena+Ceau%C8%99escu&pg=PA364 Timisoara: The Real Story Behind the Romanian Revolution], 2013, {{ISBN|9781475958744}}</ref> |term=29 March 1980 – 22 December 1989 |party= [[Romanian Communist Party]] |1blankname2 = {{nowrap|General Secretary}} |1namedata2 = [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]] |successor2=[[Nina Iliescu]] |birth_name=Lenuța Petrescu |birth_date={{birth date|df=yes|1916|1|7}} |birth_place=[[Petrești, Dâmbovița|Petrești]], [[Kingdom of Romania]] |death_date={{death date and age|df=yes|1989|12|25|1916|1|7}} |death_place=[[Târgoviște]], [[Socialist Republic of Romania]] |spouse= {{Marriage|[[Nicolae Ceaușescu]]|1947|1989|end=died}} |children=[[Valentin Ceaușescu|Valentin]]<br>[[Zoia Ceaușescu|Zoia]]<br>[[Nicu Ceaușescu|Nicu]] |term_label2 =In role | term_start2 = 22 March 1965 | term_end2 = 22 December 1989 }} '''Elena Ceaușescu''' ({{IPA-ro|eˈlena t͡ʃe̯auˈʃesku}}; ''née'' '''Lenuța Petrescu'''; 7 January 1916<ref>{{cite web|title=FOND C.C. AL P.C.R. –CABINETUL 2 – ELENA CEAUŞESCU INVENTAR Anii extremi: 1984–1989 Nr. u.a.: 180|url=http://arhivelenationale.ro/site/download/inventare/Comitetul-Central-al-Partidului-Comunist-Roman.-Cabinetul-2.-ElenaCeausescu.-1984-1989.-Inv.-2800.pdf|website=arhivelenationale.ro|publisher=Arhivele Naționale (National Archives of Romania)|access-date=8 April 2018|language=ro}}</ref> – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian [[communist]] politician. She was the wife of [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]], [[General Secretary]] of the [[Romanian Communist Party]] and leader of the [[Socialist Republic of Romania]]. She was also the [[Deputy Prime Minister]] of Romania. She and her husband Nicolae were publicly [[executed]] by a [[firing squad]] on 25 December 1989. ==Reference