KnowraNicolae CeaușescuLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Nicolae Ceaușescu, each with the reason it gives.All 8Related 5Compared with 3János KádárCompared with: Ceaușescu’s isolation and austerity contrast with Kádár’s comparatively pragmatic, consumer-oriented rule.Ion IliescuCompared with: Iliescu rose to national power as Ceaușescu’s dictatorship collapsed, despite his own earlier communist party career.Todor ZhivkovCompared with: Ceaușescu pursued greater independence from Moscow, unlike Zhivkov’s close alignment with the Soviet Union.