The Romanian People's Republic/Socialist Republic of Romania had most of the time of its existence a de facto leader which wasn't necessarily the head of state or head of government, but was often the First Secretary/General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party. During the first secretaryship of Gheorghe Apostol, between 1954 and 1955, the RCP was led by a collective leadership; in this one year, the first secretary wasn't the de facto leader. During the general secretaryship of Nicolae Ceaușescu, the RCP was for a time led by a collective leadership, but this time the general secretary was still the de facto leader.
List Portrait Name Term of office Party References Took office Left office Time in office1 Ana PaukerandGheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej 30 December 1947 1 June 1952 Romanian Communist PartyRobert Levy (2001). Ana Pauker: The Rise and Fall of a Jewish Communist. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-22395-02 Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej 1 June 1952 19 March 1965 Romanian Communist Party Vacancy of the office of the First Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party ( – )3 Nicolae Ceaușescu 22 March 1965 22 December 1989 Romanian Communist Party4 Ion Iliescu 22 December 1989 26 December 1989 National Salvation Front None; Ion Iliescu as Interim President of Romania/Chairman of the Council of the National Salvation Front (Head of State) and Petre Roman as Interim Prime Minister of Romania (Head of Government) ( – )
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See also Supreme Leader of Democratic Kampuchea Supreme Leader (North Korean title) List of de facto leaders of the People's Republic of Bulgaria List of de facto leaders of Hungary (1945–1989) List of leaders of the Soviet Union List of de facto rulers of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic List of de facto leaders of the Polish People's Republic De facto leader of the GDR List of de facto leaders of the Mongolian People's Republic List of de facto leaders of the People's Republic of Kampuchea Paramount leader
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