As president, he steered the country through its transition to democracy. He was later accused of crimes against humanity.

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

Ion Iliescu, Romania's first elected president post-communism, passed away at 95. His role during the 1989 revolution remains controversial. A polarising figure, Iliescu's legacy includes charges of ...

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Ion Iliescu, Romania's first leader after the collapse of the Ceausescu dictatorship, died at 95. It was Ion Iliescu, then 59, taking the reins as the overthrow of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was being ...

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

Romanian former president Ion Iliescu, who presided over the eastern European country's chaotic transition from communism to democracy, died on Tuesday aged 95, the government said.

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