What is Ion Iliescu?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Ion Iliescu | honorific-suffix = <small>[[Istiglal Order|IO]], [[Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana|OCTM]], [[Grand Order of King Tomislav|GOKT]], [[Order of the White Eagle (Poland)|OWE]], [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|OMIR]]</small> | image = Ion Iliescu (2).JPG | order = 2nd | office = President of Romania | primeminister = [[Petre Roman]]<br />[[Theodor Stolojan]]<br />[[Nicolae Văcăroiu]] | term_start = 26 December 1989 | term_end = 29 November 1996<br /><small>Acting to 20 May 1990</small> | predecessor = [[List of members of the National Salvation Front Council|National Salvation Front Council]] (interim) | successor = [[Emil Constantinescu]] | primeminister2 = [[Mugur Isărescu]]<br />[[Adrian Năstase]] | term_start2 = 20 December 2000 | term_end2 = 20 December 2004 | predecessor2 = [[Emil Constantinescu]] | successor2 = [[Traian Băsescu]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1930|3|3|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Oltenița]], [[Călărași County|Călărași]], Romania | party = [[Romanian Communist Party|Romanian Communist]]<br />{{small|(1953–1989)}}<br />[[National Salvation Front (Romania)|National Salvation Front]]<br />{{small|(1989–1992)}}<br />[[Democratic National Salvation Front]]<br />{{small|(1992)}}<br />[[Independent politician|Independent]]<br />{{small|(1992–1996; 2000–2004; FDSN/PDSR membership suspended while president)}}<br />[[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|Social Democratic]]<br />{{small|(1996–2000; 2004–present)}} | spouse = {{marriage|[[Nina Iliescu]]|1951}} | alma_mater = [[Bucharest Polytechnic Institute]]<br />[[Moscow State University]] | profession = [[Engineer|Hydroelectric Engineer]] | signature = Signature of Ion Iliescu.png }} '''Ion Iliescu''' (born March 3, 1930) is a [[Romania]]n [[politician]]. He joined the [[Communist Party]] in 1953, and became a member of the Central Committee in 1965, serving in various positions until [[Nicolae Ceauşescu]] was overthrown and executed in 1989. Iliescu was the elected [[President of Romania]] for e