Front of National Salvation

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The Front of National Salvation was the provisional governing body that took power in Romania after the 1989 revolution, overseeing the country’s transition away from communist rule.

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Frontul Salvării Naționale 0 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political organization
provisional governing body
ruling council
alsoKnownAs Front of National Salvation
surface form: Frontul Salvării Naționale
appliesToJurisdiction Romania
chairperson Ion Iliescu
country Romania
dissolved 1990-02-06
followedBy National Salvation Front (de facto political successor)
surface form: National Salvation Front (political party)

post-communist Romanian governments
governmentalRole de facto executive authority of Romania
de facto legislative authority of Romania
hasPart Council of the National Salvation Front
headOfGovernment Ion Iliescu
headquartersLocation Bucharest
inception 1989-12-22
languageUsed Romanian
legalForm revolutionary governing council
location Bucharest
member Ana Blandiana
Cazimir Ionescu
Dan Marțian
Doina Cornea
Dumitru Mazilu
Gelu Voican Voiculescu
Ion Iliescu
Károly Király
László Tőkés
Mihai Montanu
Mihail Lupoi NERFINISHED
Mircea Dinescu
Nicolae Militaru
Petre Roman
Sergiu Nicolaescu
Dumitru Mazilu
surface form: Silviu Brucan

Nicolae Militaru
surface form: Victor Stănculescu
notableAction abolished the one-party system in Romania
announced the overthrow of Nicolae Ceaușescu
legalized political pluralism in Romania
organized the first post-communist elections in Romania
originalLanguageName Front of National Salvation self-linksurface differs
surface form: Frontul Salvării Naționale
partOf Romanian Revolution of 1989
politicalAlignment post-communist
reformist
purpose exercise of state power after the fall of Nicolae Ceaușescu
transition from communist rule to democratic governance
replaced Romanian Communist Party
surface form: Romanian Communist Party leadership
replacedBy Council of the National Salvation Front
National Salvation Front (Egypt)
surface form: National Salvation Front (political party)
significantEvent Romanian Revolution of 1989
timePeriod late December 1989 – early February 1990

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Front of National Salvation alsoKnownAs Front of National Salvation
this entity surface form: Frontul Salvării Naționale
Romanian Communist Party mergedInto Front of National Salvation
Front of National Salvation originalLanguageName Front of National Salvation self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Frontul Salvării Naționale