The health status of the former president of Romania, Ion Iliescu, has been significantly damaged in the last 48 hours, and the authorities are preparing for state funerals. According to the information provided by the management of the Emergency Clinical Hospital “Prof. Dr. Agrippa Ionescu”, the former leader, aged 95. It is in critical condition, characterized by the progressive deterioration of the functioning of the different organs.
At the beginning of 2024, shortly after reaching the age of 94, Ion Iliescu discussed with Ionuț Vulpescu, the former Minister of Culture and one of his close friends, about his passions and interests in sports.
The former Romanian president acknowledged that he is enthusiastically watching various tennis parties or snooker competitions. Moreover, Iliescu played volleyball, ping-pong, swimming, skating and even skiing in his youth.
“I was a great admirer of Roger Federer!”
Ion Iliescu was president at the Kaiac-Canoe Federation.
“I look at the world of sport with the same enthusiasm and I keep the pleasure of seeing the Snooker competitions for which you always need an anticipatory mind and a calculated reaction to a set of circumstantial possibilities and choices.
I was glad to meet Ronnie O’Sullivan. I saw him playing Jimmy White. At tennis I look often, I was a great admirer of Roger Federer. We were tied to many great champions.
I once drove the Kaiac-Canoe Federation. I was close to Ivan Patzaichin from the beginning of his career. I still read paper newspapers. I’m sorry I don’t go to the theater and concerts anymore! ”revealed Ion Iliescu, according to prosport.ro.
“In my time …”
In the times of childhood, the former president was not passionate about football, although he used to be surrounded by friends who liked to “beat the ball” on Maidan.
“I did everything, starting with the cloth ball, football, Maidan. In my time, when I was in Oltenita and I was eight, there were many lands. That was the advantage of our childhood, there was all the energy of childhood and youth. Besides the swarm and all this! ”Iliescu also recognized, according to the same source.
