ULTIMA VIZITĂ DE LUCRU A LUI NICOLAE CEAUȘESCU ÎN JUDEȚUL TIMIȘ (14–15 SEPTEMBRIE 1988)
Jan. 22, 2024
Keywords:
criză economică
cultul personalității
Nicolae Ceaușescu
1988
vizită de lucru
județul Timiș
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Abstract
On September 14th and September 15th, 1988, Nicolae Ceauşescu, accompanied by Elena Ceauşescu and other
communist dignitaries, made his last working visit to Timiş County, on the occasion of the opening of the new
school year. The Romanian communist leader visited a number of industrial and agricultural enterprises, as well
as educational institutions. The visit, meticulously prepared, had, for the most part, a festiv character, highlighting
the strong cult of the leader’s personality. The transcript of the meeting between Ceauşescu and the political and
economic decision-makers from the county leadership reveals the delicate situation in which most of the region’s
economy was. In fact, Nicolae Ceauşescu’s visit to Timiş County took place at a time when the economic crisis
Romania was facing was intensifying, and the population’s standard of living was getting lower, situation that
determined, just a year and three months since the event we are analyzing, the outbreak of the revolt in Timişoara
that led to the overthrow of Ceauşescu and the communist regime.
