# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ion-iliescu
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:26:44.185Z

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name: "Ion Iliescu"
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description: "He became Romania's first freely elected president after the 1989 revolution that toppled Ceaușescu — a transition he helped lead — then held the office for three terms across fourteen years. In 2018, nearly three decades later, he was charged with crimes against humanity for military measures taken in the revolution's chaotic aftermath."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born 3 March 1930, Iliescu joined the Romanian Communist Party in 1953 and rose to its Central Committee by 1965, before Ceaușescu began pushing him aside in 1971. He played a leading role in the December 1989 revolution and immediately became president, then won Romania's first free election in May 1990. After a new constitution passed by referendum, he served from 1992 to 1996, lost to Emil Constantinescu, then returned from 2000 to 2004 — under his watch, Romania joined NATO in 2004. In April 2018 he was indicted for crimes against humanity tied to diversionary military orders during the revolution's violent aftermath; a 2020 dismissal was overturned and a trial approved in 2023. He died 5 August 2025, still the country's oldest living former president at the time.