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

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

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

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

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

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, 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 ...

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 ...

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

The Moscow-trained engineer took power after the bloody 1989 revolution that culminated in the overthrow and execution of ...