The National Salvation Front was the most important political organization formed during the Romanian Revolution in December 1989; it set up the interim governing body, the National Salvation Front Co
Ion Iliescu (center) with FSN members Dumitru Mazilu (left) and Petre Roman (right) on 23 December 1989, one day after the formation of the FSN.
Ion Iliescu
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Ion Iliescu was a Romanian politician and engineer who served as the first and third President of Romania since the country's transition to democracy, from 1990 to 1996 and 2000 to 2004. Iliescu was a
National Salvation Front (Romania)
…The FSN subsequently became a political party, the largest party in post-communist Romania, and won the 1990 election with 66% of the national vote. Ion Iliescu, co-leader of the FSN, won election as President of Romania with 85% of the vote. Iliescu nominated the co-leader of the FSN, Petre Roman, who was…
Iliescu in 2004
Campaign poster, 1965
Iliescu in 1976 with Elena Ceaușescu