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The leader of the National Salvation Front, Ion Iliescu, went on to be elected president.
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Might Romania, if Ion Iliescu, an old communist, becomes president again, as he might, slip further south-east?
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According to published returns, the Front candidate, Ion Iliescu, won the presidential election and his forces gained large majorities in both houses of parliament.
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Social Democrat Ion Iliescu, a former Romanian president, said the country should have an independent government for the next six months until parliamentary elections are held.
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In 1989, Romania's National Salvation Front named a new government headed by President Ion Iliescu, a day after announcing the execution of deposed dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.
CNN: Thursday,
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And now, while people like Messrs Tudor and Cozma make the running, the ex-communist opposition, led by a former president, Ion Iliescu, is rubbing its hands.
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This practice -- epitomized by Ceausescu's practice of proclaiming foreign policy stances at variance with those of the USSR while actively collaborating with Moscow on a variety of fronts (notably technology theft and espionage) -- appears to be operative under the successor, National Salvation Front regime of Ion Iliescu.
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