Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first freely elected president after Communism, helped bring down the country’s dictatorship and led ...

Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first freely elected president after the fall of communism in 1989, who later faced charges of crimes ...

As a three-term president, he guided the country toward democracy, but he was called an authoritarian at heart and accused of ...

On the day of Ion Iliescu’s funeral, the polarizing legacy of Romania’s first elected president after the fall of communism ...

Ion Iliescu, who has died aged 95, was a Romanian politician who approved the summary execution of his predecessor, the ...

The Embassy of the Russian Federation was the sole foreign mission to send a message of condolences following the death of ...

Iliescu was Romania's first freely elected president after the fall of communism in 1989, and later faced charges of crimes ...

Initially hailed as the man who would lead Romania into a new democratic era, Iliescu's legacy soon became more complicated.

Former Romanian President Ion Iliescu -- one of the most influential but also controversial political leaders of ...

The funeral service of Romanian former president Ion Iliescu was performed on Thursday, August 7, an official mourning day in ...

Ion Iliescu, the first president of Romania after the 1989 Revolution, was buried yesterday with military honors.

News - Ion Iliescu, the first president of Romania after the 1989 Revolution, passed away on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at the ...