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Romanian politician
Constantin D?sc?lescu
(
[konstan?tin
d?sk??lesku]
; 2 July 1923 – 15 May 2003) was a Romanian
communist
politician who served as
Prime Minister of Romania
(21 May 1982 – 22 December 1989) during the
communist rule
of
Nicolae Ceau?escu
until the
Romanian Revolution
.
He was born in
Breaza de Sus
,
Prahova County
, the son of Nicolae and Stanca D?sc?lescu. From 1937 to 1941 he trained as a
metal lathe
operator at a vocational school in his hometown, after which he started working at the Astra Roman? company in
Campina
.
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In October 1945 he joined the
Romanian Communist Party
(PCR), and stayed on his job until November 1947. From 1949 to 1962 he studied at various schools for communist cadres: in
Ploie?ti
, at the
?tefan Gheorghiu Academy
in
Bucharest
, and at the
International Lenin School
in
Moscow
.
[1]
At the same time, he advanced in the PCR hierarchy, and served as First Secretary of the Communist Party in
Gala?i
from 1965 to 1974.
[2]
He resigned from his position as Prime Minister under pressure from the revolutionaries gathered at the headquarters of the Central Committee of the PCR, right after Ceau?escu escaped from the building. In 1991, after the revolution, D?sc?lescu was sentenced to life in prison. After five years he was released on medical grounds.
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