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Ion Iliescu, Who Steered Romania After Revolution, Dies at 95

5 août 2025 à 15:01
As a three-term president, he guided the country toward democracy, but he was called an authoritarian at heart and accused of brutality during the revolt that put him in power.

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President Ion Iliescu of Romania at the Presidential Palace in 1993. He oversaw the country’s transition to democracy after the overthrow of the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989.
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