Ion Iliescu
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Ion Iliescu (born March 3, 1930, Olteniţa) is the current President of Romania.
Iliescu was the main polytical profiteer of the revolution that overthrew Nicolae Ceauşescu in December 1989. He was elected president on May 20, 1990, and after the adoption of the 1991 constitution, he won another 4-year term in 1992. He was defeated in the 1996 election by Emil Constantinescu, but won the 2000 election and began his current third term on December 20 of that year.
Iliescu was a member of Romanian Communist Party (PCR) and held state office before the overthrow of Ceauşescu. He was a founding member of the National Salvation Front (FSN: Frontul Salvării Naţionale), and followed it in its vagaries: FDSN (Frontul Democrat al Salvării Naţionale), then the Democratic Socialist Party of Romania (PDSR), then the Social Democratic Party (PSD) (see Social Democratic Party of Romania).
Under the pressure of the events, his political convictions have superficially changed with the times, from a staunch proponent of communism to that of a neophyte social democrat.
see also Politics of Romania de:Ion Iliescu es:Ion Iliescu ro:Ion Iliescu
