The 'Quadrilateral', informal at first, consisted of the Democratic National Salvation Front (FDSN, a major party, led by Oliviu Gherman and Adrian Năstase, which had supported Ion Iliescu's bid for presidency), the nationalist Romanian National Unity Party (PUNR) of Gheorghe Funar and the Greater Romania Party (at that time national-communist) of Corneliu Vadim Tudor, and the neo-communist Socialist Party of Labour of Ceaușescu era Prime Minister Ilie Verdeț.
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.
[1] Sometimes Democratic Agrarian Party of Romania (PDAR) is included than its called Red Pentagon (Romanian: Pentagonala roșie).
[7] The coalition supported President Ion Iliescu and Prime Minister Nicolae Văcăroiu.
During the last year, Vadim's party officially left the coalition but continued to support it in the Parliament.