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

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

Ion Iliescu, Romania's first freely elected president after the fall of communism in 1989, who later faced charges of crimes ...

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

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

Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, left, alongside members of his cabinet, leave after paying their respects at the coffin ...

Honor guard soldiers perform a changing of the guard by the coffin of late Ion Iliescu, Romania's first freely elected ...

Watch live as the body of Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first freely elected president after the fall of communism in 1989, lies in ...

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

Iliescu had been admitted to hospital with lung cancer roughly two months ago. "History will judge Ion Iliescu, the main ...