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

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

Iliescu, who held de facto military authority during the anticommunist revolt, assumed power after Communist dictator Nicolae ...

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

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

The casket carrying the body of Ion Iliescu, Romania's first elected president after the bloody fall of communism in 1989, ...

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

Remembering Ion Iliescu, the first President of democratic Romania, who passed away at the age of 95 due to lung cancer.

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

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

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun. Former president Ion Iliescu is an important leader of Romania and old ...