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

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

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

"To understand Iliescu, you must grasp the complexity of Romania's 1990s," says political analyst Teodor Tita. "He was ...

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

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

President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed deep sorrow over the demise of former Romanian President Mr. Ion Iliescu.

Romania's former President Ion Iliescu, who led its transition from communism and set it on the path to European Union and ...

Romania's former president Ion Iliescu, who died aged 95 on Tuesday, was long hailed as Romania's "little father" but faced ...

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

Iliescu has a complex legacy. He will be remembered as the country’s first democratic leader, and for his brutal crackdown ...

The Moscow-trained engineer took power after the bloody 1989 revolution that culminated in the overthrow and execution of ...