Nicu Ceauşescu [NIK-oo cha-ow-SHESS-koo] (September 1, 1951 - September 25 1996) was the youngest son of Romanian dictator Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu. He was a close associate of his father's political regime and considered the President's hier apparent .

He was arrested in 1994, for misuse of Romanian government funds under his father's regime. He died in 1996 in a Vienna hospital from cirrhosis of the liver.

The Securitate once detained and then killed a parrot trained to say "Stupid Nicu". (That story is mentioned in the article Securitate.)

He was appointed leader of the Sibiu County in 1987, two years before his father died.