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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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