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State Council of Romania
1961–1989 collective head of state of Romania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The State Council (Romanian: Consiliul de Stat) was the executive authority of Communist Romania from 1961 to 1989. It was the collective head of state before the creation of the office of President in 1974.