This leader laid the foundations for a personality cult in his July Theses speech, and outlawed all abortions and contraceptives in Decree 770.
This leader secured a contract for his country to build Rolls-Royce Spey engines for the BAC One-Eleven, but when that fell through he was forced to pay the debt in strawberries. The opposition denounced this man in the Letter of the Six. This leader attempted to strengthen malnourished children through blood transfusions, which resulted in an (*) AIDS epidemic. This leader laid the foundations for a personality cult in his July Theses speech, and outlawed all abortions and contraceptives in Decree 770. This leader became General Secretary following the death of his mentor Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej. He was tried by a kangaroo court and executed on Christmas Day, 1989 along with his wife Elena. For 10 points, name this longtime Communist leader of Romania.
This leader secured a contract for his country to build Rolls-Royce Spey engines for the BAC One-Eleven, but when that fell through he was forced to pay the debt in strawberries.
Nicolae Ceausescu [chow-shes-koo]