Nicolae Ceausescu on the balcony of the PCR CC building, 24 November 1989, following his unanimous reelection as head of the Romanian Communist Party.
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Nicolae Ceausescu, 27 days later from the same balcony, 21 December 1989, taken aback by the commotion in the crowd as it began to turn against him.
Mary Battiata, “Isoated Ceausescu is Reelected. Defiant Romanian Leader Promises Communist ‘Golden Dream,” Washington Post, 25 November 1989.