Romanian dictator stops hoarding uranium and copper (9)
I believe the answer is:
ceausescu
'romanian dictator' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'stops hoarding uranium and copper' is the wordplay.
'stops' becomes 'ceases' ('cease' can be a synonym of 'stop').
'hoarding' is an insertion indicator.
'uranium' becomes 'U' (U is the chemical symbol for uranium).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'copper' becomes 'Cu' (Cu is the chemical symbol for copper).
'ceases' going around 'u' is 'ceauses'.
'ceauses'+'cu'='CEAUSESCU'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ceausescu that I've seen before include "Repressive president" , "Communist president deposed and shot in 1989" , "Deposed Romanian leader" , "Romanian Communist leader, killed 1989" .)