US EditionIon Iliescu, Romania's first freely elected president after 1989 revolution, has died at 95
ROMANIA, AUG 5 – Ion Iliescu, Romania's first freely elected president, faced charges over 1989 revolution violence that caused over 1,100 deaths but was never convicted, government said.
- Ion Iliescu, Romania's first freely elected president after the 1989 revolution, has died at 95.
- He served as president from 1996 to 2004 and was a major figure in Romania’s democratic transition.
- In 2018, Iliescu was charged with crimes against humanity, but he had not been convicted at his death.
- Romania's Social Democratic Party stated that it was a very sad day for Romania.
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As the first freely elected president of Romania, Ion Iliescu led the country out of dictatorship. However, he was also accused of crimes against humanity. The judiciary investigated until his death. He became 95 years old.
Former Romanian President Iliescu is dead.
He was the first head of state after the fall of the Ceausescu regime and his figure continues to divide Romanian society
At the age of 95, Ion Iliescu, the former president of Romania, who was elected in the period following the collapse of the Berlin Wall, died...
Romania's first postwar president, Ion Iliescu, passed away on Tuesday. The 95-year-old had been diagnosed with lung cancer two months ago, and since then he has been in the intensive care unit of a Bucharest hospital. The former politician is considered the most controversial figure of the Romanian postwar period. Iliescu, a former communist apparatus which Nicolae Ceausescu pushed onto the political siding in the 1980s, contributed significant…
Iliescu came to power in December 1989 after the fall of the communist regime in Romania. He subsequently served as president for many years.
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