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| Gheorge Gheourghiu-Dej (Romania) |
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| communist leader of Romania from 1948 until his death in 1965 |
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| Nikolae Ceasusescu (Romania) |
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| Succeeded Dej as General Secretary of the Party in 1965, prime minister in 1967, ruled the country dictatorially until 1989 until he was overthrown in the revolution and killed |
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| Georgi Dimitrov (Bulgaria) |
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| Went back to bulgaria in 1945 to head the communist party, and was prime minister from 46-49. Had a close relationship with tito as they collaborated on a federation of the two countries, as well as the incorporation of Macedonia. Stalin was not pleased and the plan was abandoned. |
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| Valko Chervenkov (Bulgaria) |
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| became deputy prime minister in 1949, and then general secretary of the party. Thrived, fierce attacks against dissidents and the church, but industry and collectivization did well. Lost influence with the death of stalin. |
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| Traicho Kostov (Bulgaria) |
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| He was a president of the council of ministers and general secretary of the committee of the Bulgarian communist party, he was put on trial and killed in 1949 |
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| Minister of the Interior and minister of Defense in Albania, he was secretly tried and executed for supposed relations with tito |
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| head of albania communist from 1941 onwards. leader of Albania from the end of WW2 until his death in 1985. Anti-revisionist Marxist-leninism. |
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