HE MADE EDUCATION FREE AND COMPULSORY
HE FORMED THE NATIONAL ROMANIAN COMMITTEE
HIS FATHER WANTED HIM TO BE PRIEST
HE WAS A LEADER OF THE VELVET REVOLUTION
HE GRANTED AMNESTY TO POLITICAL PRISONERS
HE BECAME EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER IN 2004
THE HERO OF TWO WORLDS
HIS NICKNAME WAS "LION"
