Mr. Ceausescu was extremely particular about which images of him were allowed to be made public during his reign. Pictures of him past the age of 40 were rarely released, and he was always made to seem taller than he was, because at 5’5, he was a shorty.
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the young Ceausescu, circa 1936
Doesn’t he look the very image of the young, righteous revolutionary?
Mandatory for any Whack Dictator: the propaganda portraits. Note the scepter in the latter two paintings, which he had made after he started tripping out on megalomania and creating a cult of personality around himself.
Mr. Ceausescu in the days before his execution.
Whack dictator 
You know what’s whack?! That sashes aren’t more popular, the final ribbon to the package that is the well dressed man!