Cristian Culiciu, Cultul personalității lui Nicolae Ceaușescu reflectat în marcarea unor sărbători naționale și internaționale / Nicolae Ceaușescu’s Cult of Personality Reflected in the Celebration of Certain National and International Holidays

The article deals with the way the ruler of Communist Romania from 1965 to 1989 Nicolae Ceaușescu used various national and international celebrations in order to forge his cult of personality that exceeded even the one of his predecessor, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej. The author focuses especially on the following celebrations like the National Day – 23rd of August (1944), the Day of the Republic – 30th of December (1947), the second being a kind of the second National Day; as well as May 1 – the international Workers’ Day. The celebrations and the way they were used are contextualized in relation to the political, ideological and international dimensions of the Communist regime in Romania from mid 1960s to the late 1989.