Democratic Front of National Salvation

The Democratic Front of National Salvation (Template:Langx, FDSN) was a Romanian political party formed by former President Ion Iliescu and his supporters stemming from the National Salvation Front (FSN) on 7 April 1992. It was the result of the breakup of the previously ruling FSN during the early 1990s.

The smaller wing led by Petre Roman continued using the brand FSN. Unlike the Petre Roman wing of the FSN, which wanted faster economic reforms, the FDSN advocated for a socialist democracy and a slower pace of transition from the communist command economy to a social market economy. On 10 July 1993, the FDSN merged with the Romanian Socialist Democratic Party (PSDR), the Republican Party, and the Cooperative Party, creating the Party of Social Democracy in Romania (PDSR). In 2001, PDSR merged with PSDR to create the present-day Social Democratic Party (PSD).

File:FDSN Logo 1992.png

The first logo of the FDSN. The 3 roses will remain in the Romanian collective mind as a symbol of the FDSN and its successor parties.

Election history

Legislative elections

Election	Chamber			Senate			Position	Aftermath
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
1992	3,015,708	27.72	Template:Composition bar	3,102,201	28.29	Template:Composition bar	1st	FDSN/PDSR minority government (1992–1995) PDSR-PUNR-PRM-PSM coalition (1995-1996)

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	First round			Second round
		Votes	Percentage	Position	Votes	Percentage	Position
1992	Ion Iliescu	5,633,465	47.5	1st	7,393,429	61.4	1st

See also

• 1992 Romanian general election