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 has been the main opposition party in Botswana since the 1969 elections.
The party achieved its greatest electoral success in the 1994 elections, when it ...
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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 pre ...
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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 N ...
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Front National (South Africa)
Front National ( af, Front Nasionaal, FN) was a South African Far-right politics, far-right political party formed in late 2013 as a successor to the . The party promotes secession and Afrikaner self-determination. Front National strikes no dist ...
, 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 wer ...
, neo-fascist organisation associated with the British National Front
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Swaziland National Front
Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...
, a
political party in Swaziland
Asia
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Chin National Front
The Chin National Front ( my, ချင်းအမျိုးသားတပ်ဦး; CNF) is a Chin nationalist political organization in Myanmar. According to its website, its armed wing, the Chin National Army (CNA), fights the government of ...
, 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 Indian central government towards the famin ...
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National Front (India)
Third Front in Indian politics refers to various alliances formed by smaller parties at various points of time since 1989 to offer a third option to Indian voters, challenging the Indian National Congress (INC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ...
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National Front (Iran)
The National Front of Iran ( fa, جبهه ملی ایران, Jebhe-ye Melli-ye Irân) is an opposition political organization in Iran, founded by Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1949. It is the oldest and arguably the largest pro-democracy group operat ...
(''Jebhe-ye Melli Iran'')
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Barisan Nasional
The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 se ...
(National Front) in Malaysia
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Balawaristan National Front
The Balawaristan National Front ( ur, , translit=Balāwaristān Naishanal Franṭ BNF), more commonly known as the BNF, is a Pakistani political party of Gilgit-Baltistan. It was founded by Nawaz Khan Naji in 1989. The party calls for Gilgit-Bal ...
, Pakistan
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United National Front (Sri Lanka)
The United National Front (UNF) () later the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) ( si, එක්සත් යහපාලන ජාතික පෙරමුණ ''Eksath Yahapalana Jathika Peramuna''; ta, நல்லாட்ச ...
Europe
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Donetsk National Front
Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: Names of European cities in different languages (C–D), cities' alternat ...
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National Front (Albania)
The Albanian National Front Party ( sq, Partia Balli Kombëtar Shqiptar, PBK) is a nationalism, nationalist political party in Albania, Republic of Kosovo, Kosovo, and North Macedonia.
History
The Balli Kombëtar was revived in Albania as a poli ...
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Partyja BPF
The BPF Party ( be, Партыя БНФ, Partyja BNF; russian: Партия БНФ, Partiya BNF) is a political party in Belarus. It was de facto established after the split of the social movement Belarusian Popular Front (abbr. BPF; be, Бела ...
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National Front (Belgium)
The National Democratie (french: Démocratie Nationale) 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 ...
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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 i ...
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National Front (Czechoslovakia)
The National Front (in Czech: ''Národní fronta'', in Slovak: ''Národný front'') was political coalition created in 1943 serving as united front of political parties for liberation of Czechoslovakia, after 1948 organized solely by the Communis ...
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National Front (East Germany)
The National Front of the German Democratic Republic (german: Nationale Front der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik) was an alliance of political parties ('' Blockpartei'') and mass organizations in the German Democratic Republic, controlled by ...
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Rahvarinne
The Popular Front of Estonia ( et, Eestimaa Rahvarinne; 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 ...
, 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 (french: Front national 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 to fight the Nazi occupation forces and Vic ...
, a World War II French Resistance group
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Front National des Musiciens
The Front national des musiciens was an organization of musicians in Nazi occupied France that was part of the French Resistance. Active from the Spring of 1941 through the Autumn of 1944, the group's most prominent members were composers Elsa Ba ...
, organization of musicians in Nazi-occupied France
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Nationalist Front (Germany)
The Nationalist Front (German ''Nationalistische Front'') was a minor 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 for Stra ...
, a German neo-Nazi group that is sometimes translated as National Front
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National Front (Greece)
The National Front ( el, Εθνικό Mέτωπο, translit=Ethniko Metopo) is a far-right Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a br ...
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National Front (Hungary)
The National Front ( hu, Nemzeti 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. Diet ...
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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-pol ...
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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 ( nl, Zwart Front) was a Dutch Greater Netherlandic and Fascist movement active before the Second World War.
The Front grew out of the southern section of the General Dutch Fascist League, with regional organiser Arnold Meijer ...
(1934–41), known as National Front 1940–41
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National Front (Spain, 1986)
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National Front (Spain, 2006)
The National Front ( es, Frente Nacional) was a Spanish political party founded by José Fernando Cantalapiedra in 2006.
In June 2006, Cantalapiedra registered a new ''Frente Nacional'' with the Interior Ministry's Register of Political Partie ...
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National Front (Switzerland)
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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. As a minor party, it has never had its representatives elected to the British or European Parliaments, although it gai ...
, a far-right fascist British political party founded in 1967, which peaked during the 1970s1980s and declined in the 1990s.
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National Rally
The National Rally (french: Rassemblement National, ; RN), until 2018 known as the National Front (french: link=no, Front National, ; FN), is a Far-right politics, far-rightAbridged list of reliable sources that refer to National Rally as fa ...
, a far-right political party in France formerly known as "National Front" or "Front National" until 2018
Other places
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National Front (Australia)
The National Front of Australia (NFA) was an Australia nationalist and anti-immigrant organisation that existed from 1977 to 1984. It was an initiative of John Tyndall of the British National Front but received no funding from the British NF.
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National Front (Colombia)
National Front ( es, Frente Nacional 1958–1974) was a period in the history of Colombia in which the two main political parties, the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party, agreed to rotate power, intercalating for a period of four presid ...
(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 ...
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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)
See also
*National Front (disambiguati ...
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National Resistance Front (disambiguation) National Resistance Front may refer to a number of political coalitions and parties:
* National Front (French Resistance)
* National Resistance Front (Honduras)
*National Resistance Front of Afghanistan
* National Resistance Front of São Tomé and ...
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Popular front
A popular front is "any coalition of working-class and middle-class parties", including liberal and social democratic ones, "united for the defense of democratic forms" against "a presumed Fascist assault".
More generally, it is "a coalition ...
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United front
A united front is an alliance of groups against their common enemies, figuratively evoking unification of previously separate geographic fronts and/or unification of previously separate armies into a front. The name often refers to a political a ...
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