Also in 1997, Anton Foljambe resigned as leader of the National Front.

François Fillon publicly rebuked her for not having immediately hung up, saying "we don't talk to the leaders of the National Front.

But the leader of the National Front did not endorse Prime Minister Jacques Chirac.

Alexandru Şoltoianu was sentenced in 1972 for his activity as leader of the National Patriotic Front.

Oweini was the leader of the National Front.

All are leaders of the National Salvation Front, which unites hard-core Communists and militant nationalists.

Once assured of the spotlight, the tart-tongued leader of the far-right National Front says he was misinterpreted, then turns his guns on the entire political establishment.

He's the leader of the pro-Communist National Democratic Front.

But Mr. Iliescu, the leader of the governing National Salvation Front, has also become the campaign's dominant issue.

In 2005, he resigned his high-profile role as the leader of the National Front.