tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342651855089974722.post2267666318754051544..comments2023-10-22T07:09:40.782-04:00Comments on Old: And someday, maybe Burma will become like Rumania!Stephen Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12118017106106571684noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342651855089974722.post-73102215761348604182008-05-14T10:35:00.000-04:002008-05-14T10:35:00.000-04:00Very true – he was in power from 1996 till 2000, a...Very true – he was in power from 1996 till 2000, and I should have mentioned him, but I got lazy. For those of you who aren't so up on your contemporary Romanian history (and shame on you!), Constantinescu's term was followed by Iliescu (again), and was marked by a lot of infighting and stagnation, which is why I put the start of liberal democracy in Romania at 2004 with the election of Băsescu.Stephen Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12118017106106571684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342651855089974722.post-63765092910039242052008-05-14T10:27:00.000-04:002008-05-14T10:27:00.000-04:00The first democratic president of Romania was actu...The first democratic president of Romania was actually Emil Constantinescu. While he wasn's a good leader, his election does have importance in that it marked a peaceful transition of power. Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com