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Peter Barabas

Romania lays to rest divisive first post-communist president Ion Iliescu

Romania's first elected president after communism, Ion Iliescu, was buried Thursday amid stark divisions over his legacy.

A religious ceremony was held at the presidential Cotroceni Palace before Iliescu's casket was transferred to a cemetery for military honours. He died Tuesday at age 95 after a lung cancer diagnosis following years of declining health, after retiring from public life in 2017.

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