The Red Quadrilateral () was a term used by the Romanian 1990s media to describe the political alliance that supported the Romanian government between the

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and

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legislative elections. The '

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', informal at first, consisted of the

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(FDSN, a major party, led by

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and

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, which had supported

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's bid for presidency), the nationalist

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(PUNR) of

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and the

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(at that time national-communist) of

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, and the neo-communist

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of Ceaușescu era Prime Minister

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. As Parliament support for the FDSN (renamed ''Party of the Social Democracy in Romania'' or PDSR in 1993) government was dwindling, the alliance was made official in January 1995. Only the PDSR and the PUNR were awarded government portfolios, the other two only receiving lower-level positions in the government. Sometimes Democratic Agrarian Party of Romania (PDAR) is included than its called Red Pentagon (). However, the PDAR went into the opposition in 1994. The coalition supported President

and Prime Minister

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. (''See also Văcăroiu I Cabinet''.) During the last year, Vadim's party officially left the coalition but continued to support it in the Parliament. Funar's and Verdeț' parties alongside PDAR's coalition did not pass the threshold in 1996, while the other two parties joined the opposition.

Composition

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