This man was inspired by Mao Zedong to declare a "cultural revolution" in his (*) July Theses.
An attempt to portray this man's wife as a legitimate chemist failed miserably after she pronounced the formula of carbon dioxide as codoi, or "koh-two," during a speech. This man was inspired by Mao Zedong to declare a "cultural revolution" in his (*) July Theses. In an effort to increase his country's population, he outlawed almost all forms of contraception in Decree 770, and he employed a secret police known as the Securitate. A revolution growing out of protests in Timisoara overthrew this successor of Gheorghe Gheorgiu-Dej ["gyor-gyu dej"], who was then executed with his wife Elena on Christmas Day 1989. For 10 points, name this Romanian Communist dictator.
An attempt to portray this man's wife as a legitimate chemist failed miserably after she pronounced the formula of carbon dioxide as codoi, or "koh-two," during a speech.
Nicolae Ceausescu [“chow-SHESH-koo”]