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The first president of post-communist Romania has passed away

2025-08-05 20:10:13Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The first president of post-communist Romania has passed away
Ion Iliescu

Romania's former president, Ion Iliescu, one of the most influential but also controversial figures of Romania's post-communist period, died in Bucharest on August 5, at the age of 95.

The former president had been hospitalized since June 9, and doctors had diagnosed him with lung cancer.

In an official statement, the Government announced with "deep regret" Iliescu's death and expressed condolences to his family and friends.

Beloved by some and rejected by others, Iliescu was one of the most controversial politicians in the democratic period that followed the overthrow of longtime dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu in December 1989.

Iliescu had been a minister in the government before being overlooked by Ceaușescu in the early 70s. In December 1989, he presented himself as an opponent of Ceaușescu's regime and emerged as head of the National Salvation Front, a group that took control of the country after Ceaușescu and his wife were overthrown and executed.

Romania's membership in NATO and the EU

In May 1990, he became Romania's first freely elected president, serving until 1996.

His mandate, however, was tarnished by the bloody transfer of power, in which 862 people were killed, and by his decision to mobilize striking miners to violently suppress anti-government protests in June 1990, which was seen by many as an attempt to stay in power.

In 2018, he was charged with crimes against humanity for his role in those violent events. The case was postponed several times, but in 2023, the Court of Appeals decided that the trial should go ahead.

In his second term, from 2000 to 2004, Iliescu played an important role in advancing Romania's membership in the European Union. During his presidency, Romania also signed the NATO membership treaty in 2004, and the country joined the military alliance shortly before he left post.

In the announcement of Iliescu's death, the Government announced that the details of the state funeral of the former president will be made public in the coming days.

August 7 has been declared a day of national mourning in Romania./REL/


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