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

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

As a three-term president, he guided the country toward democracy, but he was called an authoritarian at heart and accused of ...

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

Romania's first post-communist president, Ion Iliescu, was buried on Thursday amid stark divisions over his legacy. He died ...

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.

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

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

Former Romanian President, Emil Constantinescu leaves after paying his respects at the coffin of the late Ion Iliescu, ...

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