[DOC] [TLE] Ion Iliescu - Wikipedia [PAR] Ion Iliescu is a Romanian politician and statesman, who served as President of 
Romania from 1989 until 1996, and from 2000 until 2004. From 1996 to 2000 and 
from 2004 until his retirement in 2008, Iliescu was a .... In the 2000 presidential 
election Iliescu ran again and won in the run-off against the ultra-nationalist... [DOC] [TLE] Articles about Emil Constantinescu - latimes [PAR] President-elect Emil Constantinescu pledged a new era of reforms Monday and 
won Western backing to guide his country toward the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization and the European Union after his historic defeat of ex-Communists. 
... President Ion Iliescu was projected to win a runoff election Sunday that pitted 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Romania: Iliescu Defeats Nationalist Tudor In Runoff For President [PAR] Dec 11, 2000 ... After yesterday's presidential run-off in Romania, ex-communist Ion ... He was re-
elected in 1992 for a four-year term, but lost in 1996 to Emil Constantinescu, ... In 
July, Constantinescu announced that he would not stand for re-election, ... 
though, that paved his way to the second round in a country where... [DOC] [TLE] Romania | Country report | Freedom in the World | 2001 [PAR] Former President Ion Iliescu won a landslide victory in the December 10 
presidential run-off against Vadim ... first elected president, from 1990 to 1996, 
after the fall of Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989, defeated the ... In November 1996, 
the reformer Emil Constantinescu of the CDR defeated Iliescu in the presidential 
elections. [DOC] [TLE] Polity IV Country Report 2010: Romania - Systemic Peace [PAR] Jun 1, 2011 ... of the Communist Party led by Ion Iliescu formed a provisional ... He was 
defeated in the November 1996 elections by Democratic. Convention of Romania 
leader Emil Constantinescu but was returned to office with a 67% margin in the. 
December 2000 presidential runoff election out of an original field of 13... [DOC] [TLE] ROMANIA: THE POLITICAL BACKGROUND by ... - International IDEA [PAR] The November 1996 elections in Romania marked the most significant political 
turning-point in the country since the fall of Nicolae Ceausescu. Romanians 
voted out of office President Ion Iliescu, the ... official who had led the country 
since 1989, and elected in his place Emil ..... In the runoff, Constantinescu 
defeated Iliescu. [DOC] [TLE] Romania after the election - World Socialist Web Site [PAR] Dec 16, 2000 ... Last Sunday, December 10, a run-off election was held for the Romanian 
presidency between the former Stalinist and ex-president Ion Iliescu, and the 
ultra-nationalist ... president Emil Constantinescu, which had governed since 
1996, ... strongly set back the country's economic development and provided... [DOC] [TLE] Why We Lost [PAR] Having lost the 1990 democratic elections, PNL and PNTCD created the ... versity 
of Bucharest Emil Constantinescu was elected president of CDR and ... result, but 
not enough to govern the country. In the 1996 elections, the Liberals re-joined. 
CDR ... Communist, would-be Social Democrat Ion Iliescu in the runoff election. [DOC] [TLE] Part 6: An Album of Romanian Images from the Hoover Archives ... [PAR] Jan 30, 2001 ... As in the other countries of Eastern Europe, many of these ... Emil 
Constantinescu in the presidential runoff election in December 2000. ... In 1996 
academic Emil Constantinescu defeated Ion Iliescu and was elected president. [DOC] [TLE] Romania profile - Timeline - BBC News - BBC.com [PAR] Oct 16, 2016 ... Emil Constantinescu elected president, Victor Ciorbea becomes prime ... 
Romanian President Ion Iliescu addresses the European Council ... to bring their 
country into line with members of the European Union. ... 2014 November - Klaus 
Iohannis wins presidential election run-off, defeating Prime Minister... [DOC] [TLE] NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE - Monday 18 November 1996 [PAR] Nov 18, 1996 ... Ion Iliescu, Romania's leader since the overthrow of Ceausescu in 1989 and a ... 
in other former Communist countries, like Hungary and Poland, were forging ... 
Sunday's election was a runoff, after Iliescu won 32 percent of the

Question: In 1996 Emil Constantinescu defeated Ion Iliescu in a runoff election for president of this country
Answer: Romania