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Ion Iliescu, Romania's First Freely Elected President after 1989 Revolution, Has Died at 95

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The Associated Press

11:01 JST, August 6, 2025

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first freely elected president after the fall of communism in 1989, who later faced charges of crimes against humanity for his role in the bloody revolution, has died. He was 95.

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