An sami tabarbarewar zamantakewa da tattalin arziƙin a cikin Jamhuriyyar Socialist ta Romania na ɗan lokaci, musamman a cikin shekarun 1980 na matsananciyar wahala.Ceaușescu ne ya tsara matakan tsuke bakin aljihun don biyan basussukan ƙasashen waje na ƙasar.^{[95 [95]]} Jim kadan bayan da Ceaușescu ya yi katsalandan a jawabin da ya yi a babban birnin Bucharest wanda aka watsa ga miliyoyin mutanen Romania a gidan talabijin na gwamnati, jami'an soji masu rike da madafun iko sun sauya sheka, kusan baki daya, daga goyon bayan mai mulkin kama karya zuwa goyon bayan masu zanga-zangar.^[96] Tashe-tashen hankula, tashin hankalin kan titi da kisan kai a cikin biranen Romania da yawa a cikin kusan mako guda ya jagoranci jagoran Romanian tserewa daga babban birnin a ranar 22 ga Disamba tare da matarsa, Elena.Nisan kamawa ta hanyar gaggawar tashi ta jirgin sama mai saukar ungulu ya bayyana ma'auratan a matsayin masu gudun hijira da kuma aikata laifukan da ake tuhuma.An kama su a Târgoviște, wata kotun soji ta garzaya ta gurfanar da su bisa zargin kisan kiyashi, lalata tattalin arzikin ƙasa, da kuma yin amfani da iko don aiwatar da ayyukan soji a kan al'ummar Romania.An yanke musu hukunci kan dukkan tuhume-tuhume, an yanke musu hukuncin kisa, kuma nan da nan aka kashe su a ranar Kirsimeti 1989, kuma su ne mutane na ƙarshe da aka yanke wa hukuncin kisa kuma aka kashe su a Romania, saboda an soke hukuncin kisa ba da daɗewa ba.Kwanaki da dama bayan Ceaușescu ya gudu, za a kashe da yawa a rikicin da ya barke tsakanin fararen hula da jami'an soji wadanda suka yi imanin dayan 'yan ta'adda ne na Tsaro.Ko da yake rahotannin labarai a wancan lokaci da kafafen yada labarai a yau za su yi ishara da gwagwarmayar Securitat da juyin juya halin Musulunci, amma ba a taba samun wata hujja da ke tabbatar da ikirarin wani yunkuri na yaki da juyin juya hali na Securitat ba.^[97] Asibitoci a Bucharest suna kula da kusan dubunnan fararen hula.^[99] Bayan wa'adin, yawancin membobin Securitate sun ba da kansu a ranar 29 ga Disamba tare da tabbacin ba za a gwada su ba.^[98]Romania ta yau ta bayyana a cikin inuwar Ceaușescus tare da kwaminisancinta na baya, da tashin hankalinta daga gare ta.^[100] Bayan da aka hambarar da Ceaușescu, Jam'iyyar Ceto ta Kasa (FSN) ta karbi mulki cikin gaggawa, inda ta yi alkawarin zabuka cikin 'yanci da adalci cikin watanni biyar.An zabe shi cikin gagarumin rinjaye a watan Mayu mai zuwa, FSN ta sake zama jam'iyyar siyasa, ta kafa jerin sauye-sauye na tattalin arziki da dimokiradiyya, ^[101] tare da ƙarin canje-canjen manufofin zamantakewa da gwamnatocin baya ke aiwatarwa.^[102]