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, ...

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 ...

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

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

Romania's former president Ion Iliescu died on Tuesday in Bucharest at the age of 95. Sorin Grindeanu, interim leader of ...

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

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

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

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

Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first president after the fall of communism in December 1989 and one of the country’s most influential ...