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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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