National Salvation Front (Romania)
| Abbreviation | FSN |
|---|---|
| Co-leaders |
Ion Iliescu, Petre Roman, |
| Founded | 22 December 1989 |
| Dissolved | 1993 |
| Succeeded by | Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Bucharest |
| Ideology |
Social democracy Big tent |
| Political position | Left-wing to centre-left |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours |
Blue, yellow, red (Romanian Tricolour) |
| Party flag | |
 The flag of the Revolution (1989), without the coat of arms. |
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The National Salvation Front (Romanian: Frontul Salvării Naționale, FSN) is the name of a political organization that was the governing body of Romania in the first weeks after the Romanian Revolution in 1989. It subsequently became a political party, and won the 1990 election under the leadership of then-President Ion Iliescu.
In 1992, some members of the Front, including President Iliescu, broke away from it, forming the Democratic National Salvation Front. In 1993 the remaining FSN was renamed as the Democratic Party.
The National Salvation Front is the common ancestor of two of the largest active political parties in Romania today: the Social Democratic Party and the National Liberal Party.
In March 1989 six prominent members of the Romanian Communist Party wrote an open letter to President Nicolae Ceaușescu that criticised his abuses of power and his economic policies. The so-called "Letter of the Six" was circulated in the Western media and read on Radio Free Europe.
In 1989, before the 14th Congress of the Romanian Communist Party, two letters signed "National Salvation Front" began circulating. They were read on Radio Free Europe on 27 August and 8 November. The first letter had a number of questions about Ceaușescu's mismanagement of the economy and human rights violations, while the second letter appealed to the Congress not to re-elect Ceaușescu.
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