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It is limited to liberal parties. The sign ⇒ denotes another party in that scheme. For inclusion in this scheme it isn't necessary so that parties labeled themselves as a liberal party. Contents 1 Background 2 History 2.1 From Modernist Party to the Center Union 2.2 From Democratic Socialist Party to the Center Union 2.3 National Progressive Union of the Centre 2.4 From Center Union to Union of the Democratic Center 2.5 Democratic Center Union 2.6 Party of New Liberals 2.7 Liberal Party 2.8 Union of Centrists 2.9 The Liberals 2.10 Liberal Alliance 3 Liberal leaders 4 See also Background[edit] Liberal parties in Greece are largely committed to liberalism, republicanism and democracy. History[edit] This article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject. Please help improve the article by providing more context for the reader. (October 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) From Modernist Party to the Center Union[edit] 1875: The Modernist Party (Neoteristikon Komma) is formed 1910: A resurrected Liberal Party (Komma Fileleftheron) is formed under Eleftherios Venizelos 1935: Faction around Georgios Papandreou forms the ⇒ Democratic Socialist Party of Greece 1936: All political parties are banned in Greece under Ioannis Metaxas' dictatorship, but a liberal movement remained present 1941: The Greek government in exile contains mostly liberal politicians 1946: Start of the Greek Civil War, lasting until 1949 1946: Liberal fraction led by Themistoklis Sophoulis continues under the Liberal Party name 1956: Liberal Party takes part in the elections of 1956 in the Liberal Democratic Union (Filelefthero Dimokratiko Kentro) coalition 1961: Liberal Party merges into the ⇒ Center Union From Democratic Socialist Party to the Center Union[edit] 1935: A faction of the ⇒ Liberal Party around Georgios Papandreou forms the Democratic Socialist Party of Greece 1936: All political parties are banned in Greece under Ioannis Metaxas' dictatorship, but a liberal movement remained present 1941: The Greek government in exile contains mostly liberal politicians 1946: Start of the Greek Civil War, lasting until 1949 1946: Liberal faction led by Georgios Papandreou is part of the National Political Union alliance 1956: Liberal faction led by Georgios Papandreou is part of the Liberal Democratic Union coalition National Progressive Union of the Centre[edit] 1949: National Progressive Union of the Centre (Ethniki Proodeutiki Enosis Kentrou, EPEK) is founded by Nikolaos Plastiras after the Greek Civil War and disappears in 1956 From Center Union to Union of the Democratic Center[edit] 1961: Georgios Papandreou forms the Center Union (Enosi Kentrou) 1967: Start of the Military Junta continuing until 1974 1974: Center Union - New Forces (Enosi Kentrou-Nees Dynameis) is formed by George Mavros 1976: Union of the Democratic Centre is formed as successor of the Center Union - New Forces Democratic Center Union[edit] 1974: Ioannis Zigdis forms the Democratic Center Union which merges into the ⇒ Union of the Democratic Centre in 1976 Party of New Liberals[edit] 1977: Constantine Mitsotakis forms the Party of New Liberals which merges into New Democracy in 1978 Liberal Party[edit] 1981: Nikitas Venizelos revives the Liberal Party of his grandfather, which has participated in elections since. Union of Centrists[edit] 1992: Union of Centrists (Enosi Kentroon) is founded by Vassilis Leventis The Liberals[edit] 1999: A short-lived libertarian party is founded by Stefanos Manos, The Liberals espousing a laissez-faire political platform, such as social liberal policies. The party was dissolved in October 2001. [1] The party's founder cooperated with PASOK in 2004, after George Papandreou's invitation to be honorarily elected as member of the Greek parliament under PASOK's flag, and founded yet another party, "Drassi", in 2009, this time refusing to use the term "liberal" and claiming it was based upon "common sense". Liberal Alliance[edit] February 2007: Establishment of the Liberal Alliance, advocating economic and social liberal policies. Liberal leaders[edit] Liberal Party: Eleftherios Venizelos - Themistoklis Sophoulis - Sophoklis Venizelos National Progressive Union of the Centre: Nikolaos Plastiras Center Union: Georgios Papandreou - George Mavros Union of the Democratic Center: George Mavros - Ioannis Zigdis Party of New Liberals: Constantine Mitsotakis See also[edit] History of Greece Politics of Greece List of political parties in Greece v t e Liberalism in Greece Ideology Centrism Modern Greek Enlightenment Republicanism Liberal nationalism Liberal democracy Venizelism Anti-nepotism Megali Idea Human rights Secularism Press freedom Land reform Organizations National and Social Liberation National Organization of Crete Political Parties Constitutional Party Modernist Party Liberal Party National Unionist Party Liberal Democratic Union National Progressive Center Union National Political Union Centre Union Centre Union – New Forces Democratic Centre Union (Greece) Union of the Democratic Centre Liberal Party (modern) Liberal Alliance (Greece) The River People Adamantios Korais Theophilos Kairis Dionysios Solomos Alexandros Mavrokordatos Epameinondas Deligeorgis Charilaos Trikoupis Emmanuel Rhoides Ioannis Psycharis Konstantinos Raktivan Eleftherios Venizelos Pavlos Kountouriotis Nikolaos Plastiras Themistoklis Sofoulis Georgios Kafantaris Nikolaos Politis Georgios Kartalis Dimitrios Psarros Georgios Papandreou Sofoklis Venizelos Ioannis Zigdis Georgios Mavros Dora Bakoyanni Historical events Greek War of Independence First National Assembly at Epidaurus 3 September 1843 Revolution 23 October 1862 Revolution Theriso revolt Goudi coup Movement of National Defence National Schism 11 September 1922 Revolution 1935 Greek coup d'état attempt Greek Resistance Anti-Junta movement Policies Democratic education Free public education Modernization Progressivism v t e Liberalism in Europe Sovereign states Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom States with limited recognition Abkhazia Artsakh Kosovo Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria Dependencies and other entities Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Svalbard Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liberalism_in_Greece&oldid=964505564" Categories: Liberalism in Greece Liberalism by country Hidden categories: Articles lacking sources from September 2008 All articles lacking sources Wikipedia articles needing context from October 2009 All Wikipedia articles needing context Wikipedia introduction cleanup from October 2009 All pages needing cleanup Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version Languages Add links This page was last edited on 25 June 2020, at 22:05 (UTC). 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