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 ...

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

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

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

He was Romania's first freely elected leader after communism fell in 1989, and later faced charges of crimes against humanity ...

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

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

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 ...

Mr Iliescu assumed power after Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were executed on December 25 1989.

Ion Iliescu, Romania's first elected president post-communism, passed away at 95. His role during the 1989 revolution remains controversial. A polarising figure, Iliescu's legacy includes charges of ...

Honor guard soldiers carry the coffin of the late Ion Iliescu, Romania's first freely elected president after the fall of ...