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, ...

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

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

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

Ion Iliescu, Romania's first leader after the collapse of the Ceausescu dictatorship, died at 95. He saw himself as a savior, ...

Mr Iliescu assumed power after Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were executed on December 25 1989.

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

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

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 ...

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.

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