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

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, ...

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 ...

Ion Iliescu, the first president of Romania after the 1989 Revolution, was buried yesterday with military honors.

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

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

BUCHAREST, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Former Romanian President Ion Iliescu was laid to rest with state and military honours on Thursday at the Ghencea III Military Cemetery in Bucharest. Iliescu passed away ...

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

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

Romania is holding two days of state funerals for former president Ion Iliescu, the country’s first elected head of state ...