Interesting figure. Looked through his official blog a bit when I was visiting the country last winter. One joke I remember:
A Romanian goes into a cafe and orders a cup of tea.
"Would you like Russian tea or Chinese tea?"
"Hm. Do you have coffee?"
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/ion-iliescu-obituary-romanian-president-who-deposed-ceausescu-f29v6xv9f
