Ceausescu receiving the presidential sceptre 1974

A presidential election was held in the

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on 28 March 1974. It was the first election held after the post of President of the Republic was created by an amendment to the

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earlier in the year.

Nicolae Ceaușescu Nicolae Ceaușescu ( , ; – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician and dictator. He was the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and the second and last Communist leader of Romania. He was ...

, incumbent General Secretary of the

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and president of the

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, was elected by the

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as the first President of the Republic on 28 March 1974;Legea nr. 1/1974 privind modificarea Constitutiei Republicii Socialiste Romania, publicata in B. Of. nr. 45 din 28 martie 1974 (modifica Art. 43; 54; 57; 63; 64; 68; 73; introduce Art. 65^1; 69^1 - 69^6; inlocuieste un termen; dispune renumerotarea articolelor si republicarea) he was the only candidate. On 4 April 1974, the Communist Party daily ''

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'' published a congratulatory telegram, in which

Salvador Dalí Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (; ; ; 11 May 190423 January 1989) was a Spanish Surrealism, surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarr ...

actually mocked Ceaușescu on his "introducing the presidential scepter". Being successively re-elected, Ceaușescu served as the president until 22 December 1989.

Candidate

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Istoria institutiei prezidentiale in Romania
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1974 elections in Europe

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Nicolae Ceaușescu March 1974 events in Europe