As Ceaușescu's aide Leonte Răutu

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ceaușescu , other communist party leaders on visit mureș-magyar autonomous region (1965). răutu front row, first right


despite concessions localism, bessarabian communist still looked soviet hardliners inspiration, , considered stalinist survivor à la mikhail suslov. răutu said have been thankful chișinevschi out of politics altogether, embarrassed miron constantinescu s re-admittance nomenklatura; in front of other party figures, 2 men acted friends. party selected răutu inform nominal enemy had been widowed, sulamita constantinescu having been stabbed own daughter. historian andrei oțetea, had been successful in toppling roller position of marxist historiographer, said have described răutu intelligent of communist leaders, bastard .


conflicted own social , ethnic origins, răutu sought relations gheorghiu-dej s successor nicolae ceaușescu, relationship strengthened due friendship between răutu s wife natalia , elena ceaușescu. cordial rapport ceaușescu couple, developed during gheorghiu-dej era, (historians suggest) chameleon-like persona, helps account longevity in public life. holding approximately equal party ranks, 2 men , families recipients of luxury trip france, arranged gheorghiu-dej , television presenter tudor vornicu guide. during game of wits followed news of gheorghiu-dej s terminal illness, cultural ideologist made sure ceaușescu pmr chairmanship. răutu managed impress ceaușescu, though latter not fearful of pmr prison elite, nationalist antisemitic reactions.


leonte răutu authored gheorghiu-dej s official obituary, published scînteia, , oversaw funeral ceremony. after ceaușescu s ascent in 1965, răutu s positions included membership on central committee secretariat , executive committee, deputy prime minister supervising education (1969 1972) and, 1974 1981, rector of Ștefan gheorghiu academy. when new leader decided reformulate communist party historiography, răutu among tasked compiling short course in such way describe various ideological slips under gheorghiu-dej. researched during 1965, book never completed.


despite protection enjoyed, răutu found advancement within party curbed, ceaușescu informing him theirs not equal partnership. 1966 low point in răutu s career, tasked supervising interior commerce department , communist youth s pioneer branch. according tismăneanu, răutu spent of interval reading on political literature, including neo-marxist authors frowned upon regime (herbert marcuse). saving face, răutu showed personal initiative in interpreting party line , anticipated ceaușescu s ideological permutations. after july theses of 1971 put stop liberalization , introduced more repressive phase of national communism, welcomed ceaușescu s commands model in marxist-leninist analysis , subjugation of culture political economy active, revolutionary, attitude ; informed party time had come himself reexamine past , determine own mistakes . @ lavishly furnished , overbudgeted gheorghiu academy, set laboratory research contemporary historical progress , dedicated defending communist dogma against illusion of technocracy . tismăneanu argues think tank merely bizarre ; describes răutu s theories clichés or platitudes .


as rector, răutu presented communist leader ph.d. in politics on ceaușescu s 60th birthday in january 1978. @ xiith party congress in 1979, issued spontaneous , violent attack against fellow pcr veteran constantin pîrvulescu, had taken floor ad-lib ceaușescu s separation marxism. in february 1980 speech saw print in scînteia, gave retouched version of communist history: claiming have been 1 of first communists take note of young ceaușescu s exceptional courage , brilliant intelligence , extended gratitude beloved comrade nicolae ceaușescu taking on role of ideological guide in eyes of each , party activists . in march, răutu assigned central committee s commission on ideology, politics, cultural , socialist education; in may, returned vice president of higher council of education. year, received 2 of communist romania s major distinctions: star of socialist republic, 1st class (granted, on 70th birthday, merits in constructing multilaterally developed socialist society ), , 25th anniversary of motherland s liberation medal.








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