Elena Ceaușescu was celebrated by state propaganda under her husband’s regime as a world-famous chemistry researcher, despite having no credible qualifications. As the wife of the most powerful politician in the country, Elena Ceaușescu wanted to portray herself as a role model, worthy of being next to the ‘great political leader’, her husband. Without them, those like Elena Ceaușescu would not have existed as a ‘world-renowned scientist’.”Elena and Nicolae Ceaușescu during their brief trial before a military tribunal on 25 December 1989. “The whole scientific output of this department had to have Elena Ceaușescu as the first author, because of the orders of the Communist party,” Teodorescu says. The co-authors are also calling for 36 patents registered under Elena Ceaușescu’s name with the European Patent Office to be retracted.

Source: The Guardian December 23, 2021 03:46 UTC