He has held the defence portfolio since the first free elections in 1990.

自从1990年的首次自由选举以来他一直担任国防部长一职。

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Outbursts of violence forced the cancellation of Haiti's first free elections in 1987.

暴力事件的爆发迫使海地取消了1987年的首次自由选举。

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The demonstrators then marched through the capital chanting slogans and demanding free elections.

示威者然后穿越首都游行，反复喊着口号，要求进行自由选举。

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"That means protecting the rights of Egypt's citizens, lifting the emergency law, revising the constitution and other laws to make this change irreversible and laying out a clear path to elections that are fair and free.

VOA: special.2011.02.12

The run-up to the 2011 elections has reignited concerns about a free,fair and credible vote in Africa's most populous nation.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

Political commentators say peaceful, free and fair elections in 2011 are essential in stabilizing a country in danger of sliding into anarchy.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

But can a nation as troubled as Afghanistan carry out fair and free elections?

CNN: Violence, graft overshadow Afghan elections

But in Serbia it now says free elections would be enough to end most sanctions.

ECONOMIST: Unsatisfactory sanctions

The coalition government is currently led by the Islamist Ennahda party, which dominated Tunisia's first free elections.

NPR: Tunisia: President's Party Quits Government