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Ion Iliescu, Who Steered Romania After Revolution, Dies at 95
As a three-term president, he guided the country toward democracy, but he was called an authoritarian at heart and accused of brutality during the revolt that put him in power.
Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first freely elected president after 1989 revolution, has died at 95
Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first freely elected president after the fall of communism in 1989, who later faced charges of crimes against humanity for his role in the bloody revolution, has died.
Ion Iliescu, first president of post-communist Romania, dies at 95
Romania's former president Ion Iliescu died on Tuesday in Bucharest at the age of 95. Sorin Grindeanu, interim leader of Iliescu's Social Democratic Party (PSD) lauded "the first president of democratic Romania" and said Iliescu made a decisive contribution to the country's accession to the European Union and NATO.
Former Romanian President Ion Iliescu dies aged 95
He was Romania's first freely elected leader after communism fell in 1989, and later faced charges of crimes against humanity.
Ion Iliescu, who led Romania after the fall of communism, dies at 95
As president, he steered the country through its transition to democracy. He was later accused of crimes against humanity.
Former Romanian President Iliescu, who led free market transition, dies at 95
Romania's former President Ion Iliescu, who led its transition from communism and set it on the path to European Union and NATO membership, but faced charges of crimes against humanity for violently suppressing protests in the 1990s,
Ion Iliescu, Romania’s First Postcommunist Leader, Dies At 95
Former Romanian President Ion Iliescu -- one of the most influential but also controversial political leaders of postcommunist Romania -- died in Bucharest on August 5. He was 95 years old. The former president had been hospitalized since June 9,
Former President of Romania Ion Iliescu dies at 95
News - Ion Iliescu, the first president of Romania after the 1989 Revolution, passed away on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at the age of 95, the “Prof. Dr. Agrippa
Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first democratically elected president dies at 95
Ion IIiescu, the former president of Romania has died at the age of 95.IIiescu, who was in charge during the country's trouble shift from communism to democracy had been diagnosed with lung cancer and was admitted to a hospital in Bucharest,
Ion Iliescu’s death exposes Romania’s deep divisions over his legacy as former leader laid to rest
On the day of Ion Iliescu’s funeral, the polarizing legacy of Romania’s first elected president after the fall of communism was laid bare.
Ion Iliescu: Romania's first democratic leader with a divisive legacy
"To understand Iliescu, you must grasp the complexity of Romania's 1990s," says political analyst Teodor Tita. "He was neither a simple hero, nor a straightforward villain. He emb
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Romania’s first post-communist president Ion Iliescu dies at 95
Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first president after the fall of communism in December 1989 and one of the country’s most influential ...
Romania Former President Ion Iliescu Dies At 95
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.
Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first post-communist president, dies at 95
Former apparatchik played leading role in regime change and country’s pivot to west but also brutally repressed dissent ...