National Front or Front National can refer to the following political parties and coalitions:
Africa
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Botswana National Front
The Botswana National Front (BNF) is a social democratic political party in Botswana. It was the main opposition party in Botswana from the 1969 elections until the 2024 elections. It is the largest component of the governing Umbrella for Demo ...
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National Front for the Salvation of Libya
The National Front for the Salvation of Libya (NFSL) was a political opposition group active during the rule of the Gaddafi regime in Libya. It was formed in 1981 and called for major liberalising reforms such as democratic elections, a free ...
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Namibia National Front
The Namibia National Front (NNF) was an alliance of nationalist but moderate parties in Namibia. It was formed in 1977 as a merger of the Namibia National Convention (which had been marginalized after SWAPO's departure from it) and the Namibia Nat ...
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Front National (South Africa)
Front National (, FN) was a South African far-right political party formed in late 2013 as a successor to the . The party promoted secession and Afrikaner nationalism. Front National strikes no distinction between English-speaking Whites and Afr ...
, a Boer-Afrikaner political party in South Africa
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South African National Front
The South African National Front, also known as the National Front of South Africa (SANF) was a neo-fascist organisation in South Africa formed in 1977. It was an initiative of John Tyndall of the British National Front; sister organisations w ...
, neo-fascist organisation associated with the British National Front
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Swaziland National Front, a
political party in Swaziland
Asia
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Chin National Front
The Chin National Front (; CNF) is a Chin people, Chin Nationalism, nationalist political organization in Myanmar. According to its website, its armed wing, the Chin National Army (CNA), fights the government of Myanmar. The group was founded on 20 ...
, a political and military organization in Burma
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Mizo National Front
The Mizo National Front ( MNF) is a regional political party in Mizoram, India. MNF emerged from the Mizo National Famine Front, which was formed by Pu Laldenga to protest against the inaction of the Government of India towards the famine situ ...
, India
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National Front (India)
In Indian politics, the Third Front refers to temporary alliances which began in 1989 among smaller parties to offer a third option to Indian voters. These alliances arose to challenge the Indian National Congress (INC) and Bharatiya Janata ...
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National Front (Iran)
The National Front of Iran () is an opposition political organization in Iran. It was founded by Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1949, and it is the oldest and arguably the largest pro-democracy group operating inside Iran, despite having never been able ...
(''Jebhe-ye Melli Iran'')
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Barisan Nasional
Barisan Nasional (BN; ) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1974 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties to succeed the Alliance Party. It is the third largest political coalition with 30 seats in ...
(National Front) in Malaysia
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Balawaristan National Front
The Balawaristan National Front is a defunct political party which sought Independence for Gilgit-Baltistan, claimed as Balawaristan, as well as claims in certain regions of the Indian-Administered Kashmir, Kargil and Ladakh, as part of its his ...
, Pakistan
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United National Front (Sri Lanka)
The United National Front (UNF) (), later the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) ( ''Eksath Yahapalana Jathika Peramuna''; ), was a political alliance in Sri Lanka led by the United National Party.
The UNF was the governing party ...
Europe
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National Front (Albania)
The Albanian National Front Party () is a nationalist political party in Albania, Kosovo, and North Macedonia
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders ...
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Partyja BPF, Belarus
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National Front (Belgium)
The National Democracy (, ) is a francophone Belgian far-right political party. The party advocated a strong unitary Belgian nationalism, strongly opposed immigration, and reached out to Flemish voters.
The party's acting leader is Marco Sant ...
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Bulgarian National Front
The Bulgarian National Front ( Bulgarian:Български Национален Фронт (''Bulgarski natsionalen front'') or BNF) is an anti-communist political movement active amongst emigrant Bulgarian populations. The group, which is active ...
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National Front (Czechoslovakia)
The National Front (; ), also known as the National Front of Czechs and SlovaksLa Checoslovaquia de hoy. 1982, page 33 (in Spanish) was a political coalition created in 1943 serving as united front of political parties for liberation of Czechoslov ...
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National Front (East Germany)
The National Front of the German Democratic Republic () was officially an alliance of parties and mass organisations (1950–1990). In fact, only one party held power in the East Germany, GDR, namely the communist Socialist Unity Party of German ...
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Rahvarinne
The Popular Front of Estonia (; RR), introduced to the public by the Estonian politician Edgar Savisaar under the short-lived name Popular Front for the Support of Perestroika, was a political organisation in Estonia in the late 1980s and earl ...
, Estonia
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Finnish People's Blue-whites, known as National Front 1997–2001
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National Front (French Resistance)
The National Front for an Independent France, better known simply as National Front ( or ''Front national de l'indépendance de la France'') was a World War II French Resistance movement created to unite all of the resistance organizations together ...
, a World War II French Resistance group
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Front National des Musiciens Known by several names, including 'Comité de Front national des musiciens', the Front national des musiciens was an organisation of musicians in Nazi occupied France that was part of the French Resistance set up at the instigation of the French Co ...
, an organization of musicians in Nazi-occupied France
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Nationalist Front (Germany)
The Nationalist Front (German ''Nationalistische Front'') was a minor Germany, German neo-Nazi group active during the 1980s.
Founded in 1985 by Bernhard Pauli, the group, which had no more than 150 members, was characterized by its support f ...
, a German neo-Nazi group that is sometimes translated as National Front
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National Front (Greece)
The National Front () is a far-right Greek
Greek may refer to:
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family
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National Front (Hungary)
The National Front (, NF) was a far-right political party in Hungary during the late 1930s.
History
The party was formed in October 1936 by Ferenc Rajniss and János Salló. In the 1939 elections the NF won three seats.Dieter Nohlen & Philip ...
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Icelandic National Front
The Icelandic National Front () was a right-wing populist political party in Iceland.
It became inactive since 2023.
History
On 27 February 2016, the Right-Green People's Party was disbanded and merged into the party.
On 3 March 2016, the Nat ...
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National Front (Italy, 1967)
The National Front (''Fronte Nazionale'', FN) was a neo-fascist political party in Italy.
The party was founded in 1967 by Junio Valerio Borghese who was dissatisfied by the political activities of the Italian Social Movement, of which he had ...
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National Front (Italy, 1990)
The National Front (''Fronte Nazionale'', FN) was a neo-fascist political party in Italy.
It was founded in 1990 by Franco Freda and adopted a policy against racial mixing and immigration, whilst also opposing Zionism, what it called 'cosmo-p ...
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National Front (Italy, 1997)
The National Front (''Fronte Nazionale'', FN) is an Italian far-right political party.
The FN had its roots in the Tricolour Flame when two leading radicals, Tomaso Staiti di Cuddia and Adriano Tilgher, were expelled from the party in 1997. As ...
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Black Front (Netherlands)
The Black Front (), later known as the National Front (''Nationaal Front'') was a Dutch irredentist and fascist movement active before and during the first years of the Second World War.
Party history
The Black Front grew out of the southern s ...
(1934–41), known as National Front 1940–41
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National Front (Spain, 1986)
The National Front ({{langx, es, Frente Nacional) was a far-right political party in Spain. The National Front was founded and directed by Blas Piñar as a successor to the Fuerza Nueva. It was created in 1986 with the economic support of other ...
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National Front (Spain, 2006)
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National Front (Switzerland)
The National Front was a far-right party in Switzerland that flourished during the 1930s. At its peak the group had as many as 9,000 members, according to the ''Historical Dictionary of Switzerland'', and "may have had a membership of 25,000 or s ...
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National Front (UK)
The National Front (NF) is a far-right, fascist political party in the United Kingdom. It is currently led by Tony Martin. A minor party, it has never had its representatives elected to the British or European Parliaments, although it gain ...
, a far-right fascist British political party founded in 1967, which peaked during the 1970s1980s and declined in the 1990s
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Front National
The National Rally (, , RN), known as the National Front from 1972 to 2018 (, , FN), is a French far-right politics, far-right political party, described as right-wing populist and French nationalism, nationalist. It is the single largest Nat ...
, a far-right political party in France known since 2018 as National Rally
Other places
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National Front (Australia) (1977-1984)
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National Front (Colombia)
National Front (; 1956–1974) was a period in the History of Colombia, history of Colombia in which the two main political parties, the Colombian Liberal Party, Liberal Party and the Colombian Conservative Party, Conservative Party, agreed to ...
(1958–1974), an agreement between the Liberal and Conservative parties
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New Zealand National Front
The New Zealand National Front was a small white nationalist organisation in New Zealand.
History
First formation in 1967
Mirroring developments in the UK, a group called the National Front evolved from the New Zealand branch of the League ...
(1968-2019)
See also
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National Front Party (disambiguation) National Front Party may refer to several different political parties:
* National Front Party (Indonesia)
* National Front Party (Iran)
* National Front Party (Libya)
* National Front Party (Papua New Guinea)
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*National Front (disambiguati ...
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National Resistance Front (disambiguation)
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Popular Front (disambiguation)
A popular front is a term for a political coalition which is commonly made up of parties ranging ideologically from liberalism to communism, historically for the purpose of opposing the rise of fascism or far-right politics in general. In Post-Sov ...
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United Front (disambiguation) A united front is an alliance of groups against their common enemies.
The United Front may also refer to:
Politics
* United Front (Afghanistan), the Northern Alliance, officially the United Islamic National Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan
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National Democratic Front (disambiguation)
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