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 ...

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

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

Romania's first post-communist president, Ion Iliescu, was buried on Thursday amid stark divisions over his legacy. He died ...

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.

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

Tensions have emerged within Romania's ruling coalition following disagreements over the state funerals of former president ...

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

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 ...