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Ion Iliescu

1930 - Today

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Ion Iliescu (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon iliˈesku] ; born 3 March 1930) is a Romanian politician and engineer who served as the second and fourth president of Romania from 1989 until 1996 and from 2000 until 2004. Between 1996 and 2000 and also from 2004 to 2008, the year in which he retired, Iliescu was a senator for the Social Democratic Party (PSD), of which he is the founder and honorary president to this day. Iliescu joined the Romanian Communist Party (PCR) in 1953 and became a member of its Central Committee in 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ion Iliescu has received more than 1,209,692 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Ion Iliescu is the 1,315th most popular politician (down from 1,276th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Romania (down from 23rd 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ion Iliescu ranks 1,315 out of 19,576. Before him are Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Gordian II, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Louis I of Spain, Esarhaddon, and Talal of Jordan. After him are Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Ludwig III of Bavaria, Tipu Sultan, Ur-Nammu, Al-Kamil, and Christian V of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Ion Iliescu ranks 25. Before him are Pete Conrad, Gene Hackman, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Noiret, Tu Youyou, and Richard Harris. After him are Maximilian Schell, Carlos Menem, Claude Chabrol, Niki de Saint Phalle, Silvana Mangano, and Harold Pinter.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ion Iliescu ranks 24 out of 844. Before him are Béla Kun (1886), Stephen III of Moldavia (1433), Paul Celan (1920), Mircea Lucescu (1945), Constantin Brâncuși (1876), and Herta Müller (1953). After him are Vlad II Dracul (1395), György Ligeti (1923), Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901), Klaus Iohannis (1959), Nadia Comăneci (1961), and Gheorghe Hagi (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Ion Iliescu ranks 14. Before him are Ion Antonescu (1882), Theodoric I (393), Leo I the Thracian (401), Carol II of Romania (1893), Béla Kun (1886), and Stephen III of Moldavia (1433). After him are Vlad II Dracul (1395), Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901), Klaus Iohannis (1959), Michael the Brave (1558), Álmos (820), and Milan I of Serbia (1854).

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