Politician

Ion Iliescu

Romanian politician

1930 - 2025

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His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2024). Ion Iliescu is the 1,337th most popular politician (down from 1,312th in 2024), the 23rd most popular biography from Romania (up from 24th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Romanian Politician.

Ion Iliescu is most famous for being the president of Romania from 1990 to 1996 and 2000 to 2004.

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Ion Iliescu ranks #23 among 1,050 people in Pantheon born in Romania, inside the top 3% of that group.

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Ion Iliescu's biography appears in 56 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 92% of all Politicians.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Ion Iliescu ranks 1,337 out of 20,022. Before him are Fiorello La Guardia, Carol I of Romania, Nuon Chea, Henry the Lion, Feodor III of Russia, and Khamtai Siphandon. After him are Ptolemy VIII Physcon, Carol II of Romania, Alfonso V of Aragon, Theophilos, Valdemar II of Denmark, and Edward Bulwer-Lytton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Ion Iliescu ranks 29. Before him are John Young, Buzz Aldrin, Ed White, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Tu Youyou, and Salvatore Riina. After him are Frank Lucas, Silvana Mangano, Maximilian Schell, Philippe Noiret, Yves Chauvin, and Thomas P. Stafford. Among people deceased in 2025, Ion Iliescu ranks 25. Before him are Jane Goodall, Sebastião Salgado, Leo Beenhakker, Eddie Jordan, Frank Gehry, and Khamtai Siphandon. After him are Ágnes Keleti, Horst Köhler, Aga Khan IV, Dick Cheney, George E. Smith, and George Foreman.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ion Iliescu ranks 23 out of 1,050. Before him are Radu cel Frumos (1438), Constantin Brâncuși (1876), Vlad II Dracul (1395), Paul Celan (1920), Theodoric I (393), and Béla Kun (1886). After him are Carol II of Romania (1893), György Ligeti (1923), János Bolyai (1802), Nadia Comăneci (1961), Stephen III of Moldavia (1433), and Mircea Lucescu (1945).

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Among Politicians In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Ion Iliescu ranks 14. Before him are Béla IV of Hungary (1206), Elena Ceaușescu (1916), Radu cel Frumos (1438), Vlad II Dracul (1395), Theodoric I (393), and Béla Kun (1886). After him are Carol II of Romania (1893), Stephen III of Moldavia (1433), Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901), Klaus Iohannis (1959), Álmos (820), and Michael the Brave (1558).

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