By the end of 1989, mounting discontent over the state of the nation and Ceausescus totalitarian rule erupted into the Romanian Revolution. Ceausescu perceived the demonstrations in Timisoara as a threat and ordered military forces to open fire on 17 December, causing many deaths and injuries. The demonstrations reached the capital Bucharest, forcing Ceausescu and his wife Elena to flee in a helicopter, but they were soon captured after the armed forces turned on them. After being tried and convicted of economic sabotage and genocide, both were sentenced to death, and they were immediately executed by firing squad on 25 December, bringing an end to four decades of communist rule. 21st-century polling has indicated that many Romanians retain admiration for Ceausescu; a 2018 poll found that 64% of Romanians had a positive opinion of his rule. HaHa.

This bastard and his wife were the reason why a lot of Romanians got killed while trying to escape to Serbia, by swimming the Danube river. This bastard and his wife were the reason a lot of Romanians fled Romania, to live in self imposed exile, in foreign lands.
Do not rest in Peace, Ceausescus. (Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu)