Ion Iliescu

Ion Iliescu (born March 3, 1930) is a Romanian politician. He was the President of Romania for eleven years, from 1990 to 1996, and 2000 to 2004. His final term ended in December 2004, and his successor is Democrat leader Traian B?sescu. Currently, Ion Iliescu is a Senator from SDP party. In 2005 investigations began that should eventually lead to his being put on trial for a number of accusations, including crimes against humanity, related to the bloody abuses of power he committed during the years 1989-1990, especially during the 1989 Romanian Revolution and the Mineriads.

Family background

His father, Alexandru Iliescu, was a railroad worker with Communist views back in the days when in Romania, the Communist Party was rather unpopular and declared illegal. In 1931, he went to the Soviet Union to participate to the Communist Party Congress of Gorikovo, near Moscow. He stayed in the Soviet Union for four years and after returning he was arrested and died in prison in 1945. His father divorced from his mother and remarried with Mari?a, a chambermaid. A source (mentioned in the discussion page) states that Ion Iliescu has a second given name "Ilici", due to the communist opinions of his father.

Related Topics:
Communist - Communist Party - 1931 - Soviet Union - Communist Party - Gorikovo - Moscow - 1945 - Chambermaid

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