1996 Romanian general election
General elections were held in Romania on 3 November 1996, with a second round of the presidential election on 17 November.
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Image: Ion Iliescu 1990s
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Ion Iliescu is a Romanian politician and engineer who served as 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 in 2004
Campaign poster, 1965
Iliescu in 1976 with Elena Ceaușescu
Iliescu (center) with FSN members Dumitru Mazilu (left) and Petre Roman (right) on 23 December 1989, one day after the formation of the FSN.