DNA Testing Confirms Late Romanian Dictator Buried In Bucharest Cemetery

Romanian medical examiners have determined the remains dug up this summer at a military cemetery in capital Bucharest belong to late communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, who was overthrown and executed together with his wife 21 years ago.

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Dan Dermegiu, head of the capital's forensic medicine institute, told MEDIAFAX DNA samples from the exhumed remains have been compared with samples from the dictator's son Valentin Ceausescu and samples from one of the dictator's brothers.

He added there was not enough material to determine whether the second body belonged to the late dictator's wife, Elena Ceausescu.

The graves of the communist dictatorial couple were dug up this summer at the request of their only surviving son, Valentin Ceausescu.

Nicolae Ceausescu, the last Communist leader of Romania, was overthrown in a violent revolution and executed together with his wife Elena on December 25, 1989.

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