Ceaușescu family

Nicolae Ceaușescu, who led Romania from 1965 to 1989, served as General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party.

Nicolae's father was Andruță Ceaușescu (1886–1969), the descendant of a family of shepherds from Polovragi, in Gorj County.

[1] After the fall and execution of Nicolae, some people from Scornicești claimed Andruță used to beat his wife and children,[2] while the Romanian media alleged that he was an alcoholic.

[3][4] Nicolae's mother was Alexandrina (née Lixandra Militaru) (1888–1977), descendant of an officer in Tudor Vladimirescu's army.

[1] She was a very religious woman, and after his parents died, Nicolae Ceaușescu, an atheist, ordered that a church be built in their memory in Scornicești; their portraits still adorn its walls.