Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first freely elected president after Communism, helped bring down the country’s dictatorship and led ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Former Romanian President Ion Iliescu -- one of the most influential but also controversial political leaders of ...

2000-11-26 04:00:00 PDT Bucharest, Romania -- When President Ion Iliescu lost his job in Romania's last election four years ago, his defeat was seen by many as a hopeful sign for a nation that ...