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 ...

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

President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed deep sorrow over the demise of former Romanian President Mr. Ion Iliescu.

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

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. He saw himself as a savior, ...

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

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