The Communist Party of Greece (Greek: Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas), better known by its acronym, ΚΚΕ (usually pronounced "koo-koo-eh" or "kappa-kappa-epsilon"), is the communist party of Greece and the oldest party in the Greek political scene. Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization based on common ownership of the means of production. ...

History

Foundation

The party was founded on 4 November 1918 as the Socialist Labour Party of Greece (Acronym: SEKE, Greek: Σοσιαλιστικό Εργατικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, Sosialistiko Ergatiko Komma Elladas) by Avraam Benaroya, a Sephardic Jewish teacher and leading labour movement leader in Thessaloniki. The party was run by a five-member central committee which included N. Dimitratos, D. Ligdopoulos, M. Sideris, A. Arvanitis and S. Kokkinos. is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Avraam Benaroya was a leader of the workers movement in Greece. ... Languages Hebrew, Ladino, Judæo-Portuguese, Catalanic, Shuadit, local languages Religions Judaism Related ethnic groups Ashkenazi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, other Jewish ethnic divisions, Spaniards, Portuguese. ... There have been organized Jewish communities in Greece for more than two thousand years. ... Thessaloniki or Salonica (Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη) is Greeces second-largest city. ...

The SEKE opposed the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) as being imperialistic, and called upon Greek soldiers to desert their ranks and turn their guns against the King. Combatants Greece Turkish Revolutionaries Commanders Gen Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Gen Anastasios Papoulas, Gen Georgios Hatzianestis Ali Fethi Okyar, Ä°smet Ä°nönü, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Fevzi Çakmak Strength 200,000 men 120,000 men (plus village protectors) Casualties 23,500 dead; 20,820 captured 20,540 dead; 10,000 wounded The... This is a list of the Kings of Greece, formally known by the title of King of the Hellenes House of Wittelsbach Otto (1832-1862) House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg George I (1863 - 1913) Constantine I (1913 - 1917) first time Alexander (1917 - 1920) Constantine I (1920 - 1922) second...

At the Second Congress of the SEKE in April 1920, the party decided to affiliate to the Third International. In addition, it extended its name to the Socialist Labour Party of Greece-Communist (SEKE-K). A new central committee was elected, which included N. and P. Dimitratos, Y. Kordatos, G. Doumas and M. Sideris. The term Third International has two well-established meanings: For the unabridged dictionary, see Websters Third New International Dictionary. ...

At the Third Extraordinary Congress of the SEKE-K in November 1924, the party was renamed the Communist Party of Greece and adopted the principles of Marxism-Leninism. Pandelis Pouliopoulos was elected as general-secretary. Ever since, the party has functioned on the basis of democratic centralism. In 1934 the KKE officially signed a document recognizing an independent Macedonia which negatively affected their popularity with the public. The party was banned in 1936 by the Ioannis Metaxas' 4th of August Regime. Many of its members were imprisoned or exiled in isolated islands. Year 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vladimir Lenin in 1920 Leninism is a political and economic theory which builds upon Marxism; it is a branch of Marxism (and it has been the dominant branch of Marxism in the world since the 1920s). ... Pandelis Pouliopoulos (1900-1943) was a Greek communist and onetime general secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). ... Democratic centralism is the name given to the principles of internal organization used by Leninist political parties, and the term is sometimes used as a synonym for any Leninist policy inside a political party. ... Ioannis Metaxas (Greek Ιωάννης Μεταξάς, April 12, 1871 – January 29, 1941) was a Greek General and the Prime Minister of Greece from 1936 until his death in 1941. ... Ioannis Metaxas From 1936 to 1941, Greece was ruled by an authoritarian regime under the leadership of General Ioannis Metaxas akin to that of Francos Spain. ...

KKE during the Second World War

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An ELAS guerilla.

By 1940 the KKE had almost collapsed. Metaxas' dictatorship had imprisoned most of the members and leaders of the KKE. By October 1940 the KKE had almost 2,000 members in the whole country, half of whom were imprisoned or in exile for their opinions. The most prominent jails were Akronafplia, Anafi, Ikaria, Kefalonia and the Central Athens Jail ("Averof"). Most of these prisoners were shot either before the German invasion or surrendered to the German occupation force.^{[citation needed]} A quite large number of them were shot in retaliation to the attacks of National People's Liberation Army (ELAS) partisans throughout the German occupation from 1941 to 1944, but a few escaped and joined National Liberation Front-ELAS forces. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Image File history File links source: Communist Party of Greece, archives File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links source: Communist Party of Greece, archives File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS) (Greek Εθνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στράτος (ΕΛΑΣ) National Popular Liberation Army) was the military arm of the Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo (ELAM) during the period of the Greek Resistance and the Greek Civil War. ... View from Palamidi to Akronafplia, Nafplion Akronafplia is the oldest part of the city of Nafplio in Greece. ... Anafi is a Greek island in the Cyclades. ... This article is about Icaria, a Greek island. ... Kefalonia, also known as Cephallenia, Cephallonia, Kefallinia, or Kefallonia (Ancient Greek: Κεφαλληνία; Modern Greek: Κεφαλλονιά or Κεφαλονιά), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece with an area of 350 sq. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The National Liberation Front (EAM) (Greek: , Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo) was the main movement of the Greek Resistance during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II. It was founded in 27 September 1941 by representatives of four left-wing parties : Lefteris Apostolou for the Communist Party of Greece (KKE...

By 1940, the Security police had proved extremely successful in dismantling the KKE organisation; not only had it imprisoned the leadership, but it created a fake series of Rizospastis, the Central Committee newspaper. This generated confusion among the remaining scattered underground members.^[1][2] Komsomolskaya Pravda and Rizospastis in September 2005. ...

Nikolaos Zachariadis, KKE general secretary, wrote from prison on 2 November 1940: "Today the Greek people are waging a war of national liberation against Mussolini's fascism. In this war we must follow the Metaxas government and turn every city, every village and every house of Greece into a stronghold of the National Liberation Fight ... On this war conducted by Metaxas government all of us should give all our forces with no revert ... Winning price for the working people and roof for today's fight should be and it will be a new Greece based on work, liberated from any foreign imperialistic addition with a real peoples culture."^[3][4] Nikolaos Zachariadis ( 1903- 1973) has been the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece ( KKE) from 1931 to 1956. ... is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Some communists disavowed this letter, and considered it a fabrication of the Metaxas regime. Zachariadis was even accused of releasing it to win the favor of K. Maniadakis, Metaxas' minister of public order, and be released from prison.^[5]

On November 16 1940, Zachariadis amended his position in a second letter where he accused the Greek army of waging a "fascist" and "imperialistic war" and appealed to the USSR for peace mediation.

On January 15, 1941, Zachariadis issued a third letter where he wrote: "Metaxas remains the principal enemy of the people and the country. His overthrowing is in the most immediate and vital interest of our people...the peoples and soldiers of Greece and Italy are not enemies but brothers, and their solidarity will stop the war waged by capitalist expoiters."

On September of 1941, after a long summer of contacts between KKE and all the remaining political forces, Greek Communists together with five other Center and Left parties formed the National Liberation Front (EAM) and began preparations to form partisan militia units. Thanasis Klaras, better known as Aris Velouchiotis, a member of the KKE Central Committee, had already given the task to raise units and prepare to form the partisan army since Spring of 1941. The National Liberation Front (EAM) (Greek: , Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo) was the main movement of the Greek Resistance during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II. It was founded in 27 September 1941 by representatives of four left-wing parties : Lefteris Apostolou for the Communist Party of Greece (KKE... Aris Velouchiotis (Άρης Βελουχιώτης), (August 27, 1905-June 16, 1945, real name Thanassis Klaras/Θανάσης Κλάρας) was a prominent leader of the communist segment of Greek guerrilla resistance during World War II which was followed by the Greek Civil War. ...

In 1942, the National People's Liberation Army (ELAS) was founded in a small kiosk in Fthiotida, and by 1943 consisted of 150,000 members, both men and women, with 30,000 as reserve units in major cities. The KKE played a prominent role in the organisation. By the end of the war, 800,000 Greek citizens, including workers but mostly peasants, had joined the ranks of the KKE. Despite its size, the KKE maintained the alliances in the EAM and its main stated aim was to form a unity goverment with all the parties that wanted to see Greece liberated from all powers.^{[citation needed]} This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Phthiotis, or (Greek, Modern: Φθιώτιδα - Fthiótida, Ancient/Katharevousa: Φθιώτις; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is one of the prefectures of Greece. ...

The KKE and the Greek Civil War

Main article: Greek Civil War

At the end of the war, fighting broke out between EAM and the Greek government, which had returned from its wartime exile. Backed by the KKE, the EAM refused to disarm ELAS and ELAN while the militias and police that had collaborated with the Germans remained free.^[6] Six ministers of the EAM, most of whom were KKE members, resigned from their positions in the "National Unity" Government in November 1944. After a peaceful demonstration on 3 December 1944, involving more than 100,000 people, the police, covered by British troops ^[7], opened fire on the crowd. More than 28 people were killed and 148 injured. The "Dekembriana", as this incident is known, was the beginning of the 37-day Battle of Athens. Following a ceasefire agreement known as Treaty of Varkiza, ELAS laid down the majority of its weapons and dissolved all of its units. However, right-wing groups seized this opportunity to persecute leftists, including many KKE members. Combatants Hellenic Army, Royalist forces, Republicans, British troops Communist guerillas (ELAS, DSE) Commanders Alexander Papagos, Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, James Van Fleet Markos Vafiadis Strength 150,000 men 50,000 men and women Casualties 15,000 killed 32,000+ killed or captured The Greek Civil War (Greek: ) was fought between 1946 and... is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Combatants Hellenic Army, Royalist forces, Republicans, British troops Communist guerillas (ELAS, DSE) Commanders Alexander Papagos, Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, James Van Fleet Markos Vafiadis Strength 150,000 men 50,000 men and women Casualties 15,000 killed 32,000+ killed or captured The Greek Civil War (Greek: ) was fought between 1946 and... The Treaty of Varkiza (also known as the Varkiza Pact or the Varkiza Peace Agreement) was signed in Varkiza (near Athens) on February 12, 1945 between the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs (supported by the British) and the Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) for EAM-ELAS. One...

Main article: Democratic Army of Greece

The KKE was the main political force behind the Democratic Army of Greece in 1946. The war was extremely violent, with heavy casualties on both sides. The Greek Civil War was to last until 1949, with the defeat of the communist forces. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Combatants Hellenic Army, Royalist forces, Republicans, British troops Communist guerillas (ELAS, DSE) Commanders Alexander Papagos, Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, James Van Fleet Markos Vafiadis Strength 150,000 men 50,000 men and women Casualties 15,000 killed 32,000+ killed or captured The Greek Civil War (Greek: ) was fought between 1946 and... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Post War Era

After the Civil War, the KKE was declared illegal and most of its prominent members had to flee Greece, go underground, or provide a signed declaration that they renounced communism to avoid prosecution according to Law 504. This law was issued in 1948 by the King, and determined that all KKE members and friends were spies of the Soviet Union. A large number of KKE members were either prosecuted, jailed or exiled. Prominent members of the KKE were tried and executed, including Nikos Beloyannis in 1952 and Nikos Ploumpidis in 1954. The execution of Ploumpidis was the last such execution by the ERE governments. The fear of widespread reaction from left-wing citizens curbed further executions and eventually led to the gradual release of most political prisoners. "In 1955 there were 4,498 political prisoners and 898 exiles; in 1962 there were 1,359 prisoners and 296 exiles."^[8] But under the prevailing anti-communist rules, communists and KKE-sympathizers were barred from the public sector and lived under a repressive anticommunist surveillance system.^[9] Such discrimination against communists was partially relieved with the legalization of KKE in 1974, and abolished in the 1980s. During this period of illegality, the KKE supported the United Democratic Left (EDA) party. Nikos Mpeloyannis Nikos Beloyannis (Greek: Νίκος Μπελογιάννης) was a Greek communist and resistance leader born in Amalias (Peloponnese, Greece) in 1915. ... Nikos Ploumpidis (also Ploumbidis) (Greek: ) (31 December 1902–14 August 1954) was a Greek communist and resistance fighter. ... United Democratic Left, UDL ( Greek: Ενιαία Δημοκρατική Αριστερά, abbreviation: UDL or in Greek: ΕΔΑ) was a political party in Greece before the Greek military junta of 1967-1974. ...

Former King Constantine claims that in 1964 he proposed to George Papandreou (senior) that the KKE be legalized. According to the former monarch, Papandreou refused to comply so as not to lose his party's left-wing supporters.^[10] This allegation cannot be verified, as it was expressed after Papandreou's death. Moreover, Constantine's public statements regarding communism during the 1960s renders the veracity of this allegation questionable. Constantine of Greece, formerly Constantine II, King of the Hellenes (born June 2, 1940) was King of Greece from 1964 until the abolition of the monarchy in 1974. ... Georgios Papandreou, the Geros of Democracy George Papandreou (in Greek Georgios Papandreou or Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου) (18 February 1888 - 1 November 1968) was a Greek politician. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ...

During the Junta

Main article: Greek military junta of 1967-1974

On April 21, 1967 a group of right-wing Greek Army colonels, lead by Georgios Papadopoulos successfully carried out a coup d'état on the pretext of imminent "communist threat", establishing what became known as the Regime of the Colonels. All political parties, including EDA, were dissolved, and civil liberties were suppressed for all Greek citizens. KKE members were persecuted along with other opponents of the junta. The Phoenix rising from its flames and the silhouette of the soldier bearing a rifle with fixed bayonet was the emblem of the Junta. ... is the 111th day of the year (112th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the land force of the modern nation of Greece. ... Colonel (Ger: Oberst) is a military rank, usually the highest below general grades, and just above Lieutenant Colonel. ... Georgios Papadopoulos (Greek: Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος, May 5, 1919 – June 27, 1999) was the head of the military coup détat that took place in Greece on April 21, 1967 and leader of the military government that ruled the country during the period 1967 - 1974. ... // A coup dÉtat (pronounced ), or simply coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, often through illegal means by a part of the state establishment — mostly replacing just the high-level figures. ... George Papadopoulos Greek Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος, Georgios Papadopoulos, (May 5, 1919 – June 27, 1999) was the head of the military coup détat that took place in Greece on April 21, 1967...

In 1968 a crisis escalated between the KKE's two main factions. The crisis was provoked by the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia that crushed the Prague Spring. The brutality of the event led many Greek communists to break with KKE that was lawyal to the Socialist Republicks policy and to follow the nascent Eurocommunist line, which favoured national agendas and a more "democratic" road to socialism as they claimed. A relatively large group split from the KKE, forming what became known as the Communist Party of Greece (Interior) (ΚΚΕ Interior). It later established new bonds with Eurocommunist parties such as the Italian Communist Party. Supporters of the KKE Interior referred to the other KKE as the KKE Exterior ("ΚΚΕ εξωτερικού"), inferring that the KKE's policies were dictated by the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Soviet redirects here. ... People in a café watch Soviet tanks roll past The Prague Spring (Czech: Pražské jaro, Slovak: Pražská jar, Russian: пражская весна) was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia starting January 5, 1968 when Alexander Dubček came to power, and running until August 20 of that year when the... Eurocommunism was a new trend in the 1970s and 1980s within various Western European communist parties to develop a theory and practice of social transformation that was more relevant in a Western European democracy and less aligned to the partyline of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. ... The Communist Party of Greece, Interior (Greek: Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας Εσωτερικού), usually abbreviated as KKE Interior (Greek: ΚΚΕ Εσωτερικού) was a communist political party in Greece. ... The Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI) or Italian Communist Party emerged as Partito Comunista dItalia or Communist Party of Italy from a secession by the Leninist comunisti puri tendency from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) during that bodys congress on 21 January 1921 at Livorno. ... The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Сове́тского Сою́за, transliterated Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza, acronym: КПСС (KPSS)) was the ruling political party in the Soviet Union. ...

KKE continued its struggle against the greek Junta throughout the next 6 years. Its political line for escalating political fighting against the resime was expressed via small or big worker strikes and small topic violent outbursts all over the country. Its power was rising inside the Universities were the newly founded KNE was working underground. All this time KKE underground forces were working closely with other poilitical groups centered or left such as PAM both inside the borders but also in the rest of the world. In many European Capitals Anti -Junta comitees were founded to support the strugle in Greece.

Legalisation

After the restoration of parliamentary democracy in 1974, Constantine Karamanlis legalised the KKE hoping to reclaim "a vital part of national memory".^[11] In the 1974 elections the KKE participated with the KKE Interior and the EDA under the name of the United Left, receiving 9.36 per cent of the vote. In the elections from 1977 to 1989, the KKE participated on its own (see results below). The Metapolitefsi (Greek: Μεταπολίτευση, translated as polity or regime change) refers to the period in Greek history after the fall of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974 and includes the transitional period from the fall of the dictatorship to the Greek legislative elections of 1974 as well as the democratic... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the former Greek president who lived from 1907 to 1998. ... The first free elections since 1964 and after the end of a 7-year dictatorship (1967-1974) took place in Greece in 1974. ... The United Left (Ενωμένη Αριστερά or Enomeni Aristera in Greek ) was an electoral union formed between the Communist Party of Greece, Communist Party of Greece (Interior) and the United Democratic Left (EDA) to contest the 1974 Greek legislative election. ...

Participation in government

In 1989 KKE and KKE Interior, along with other left parties and organisations, formed the Coalition of the Left and Progress (Synaspismos). In the June 1989 elections Synaspismos gained 13.1 per cent of votes and joined a coalition with New Democracy to form a short-lived government amidst a political spectrum shaken by accusations of economic scandals against the previous administration of Andreas Papandreou's Panhellenic Socialist Movement. On November of the same year Synaspismos participated in the "Universal Government" with New Democracy and Panhellenic Socialist Movement which appointed Xenophon Zolotas as Prime Minister for 3 months. In 1991, KKE withdrew from Synaspismos. A portion of its members, however, left from the party and remained in Synaspismos, which evolved into a separate left-wing party. Party logo The Coalition of the Left, of Movements and Ecology (Shorter: Coalition, Greek: Synaspismos, Συνασπισμός) is a Greek political party of the radical left. ... Legislative elections were held in the Hellenic Republic on June 18, 1989. ... Party logo New Democracy (ND, Greek: Νέα Δημοκρατία, Nea Dhimokratia), founded in 1974, is the main center-right liberal-conservative political party in Greece. ... Andreas Georgiou Papandreou, Ανδρέας Γ. Παπανδρέου (5 February 1919 – 23 June 1996) was a Greek economist, a socialist politician and a towering figure in Greek politics. ... The Panhellenic Socialist Movement, better known as PASOK (Greek: Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima, ΠΑΣΟΚ), is a Greek social democratic political party. ... Party logo New Democracy (ND, Greek: Νέα Δημοκρατία, Nea Dhimokratia), founded in 1974, is the main center-right liberal-conservative political party in Greece. ... Party logo The Panhellenic Socialist Movement, better known as PASOK (Greek: Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima, ΠΑΣΟΚ), is a Greek social democratic political party. ... Xenophon Zolotas Xenophon Euthymiou Zolotas (in Greek: Ξενοφών Ζολώτας )(March 26, 1904 – June 11, 2004) an eminent Greek economist, served as an interim non-party Prime Minister of Greece. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...

Splits and alliances

There have been a series of splits throughout the party's history, the earliest one being the Trotskyist Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece. Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ...

In 1968, amidst the 1967-1974 dictatorship, a relatively big group split from KKE, forming KKE Interior. George Papadopoulos Greek Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος, Georgios Papadopoulos, (May 5, 1919 – June 27, 1999) was the head of the military coup détat that took place in Greece on April 21, 1967... The Communist Party of Greece, Interior (Greek: Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας Εσωτερικού), usually abbreviated as KKE Interior (Greek: ΚΚΕ Εσωτερικού) was a communist political party in Greece. ...

In 1989 KKE and KKE Interior, along with other left parties and organisations, formed the Coalition of the Left and Progress and entered a coalition government with New Democracy. Party logo The Coalition of the Left, of Movements and Ecology (Shorter: Coalition, Greek: Synaspismos, Συνασπισμός) is a Greek political party of the radical left. ... Party logo New Democracy (ND, Greek: Νέα Δημοκρατία, Nea Dhimokratia), founded in 1974, is the main center-right liberal-conservative political party in Greece. ...

In the early 1990s, the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE), the KKE's youth wing, split to form the New Left Current (NAR), taking the majority of its youth in major cities, especially in Thessaloniki. The Communist Youth of Greece, (Greek: Κομμουνιστική Νεολαία Ελλαδας, KNE) is the youth wing of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). ... New Left Current (Greek: , Neo Aristero Revma) (N.A.R.) was formed in late 1989, mainly by former Communist Youth of Greece (K.N.E.) members. ... Thessaloniki or Salonica (Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη) is Greeces second-largest city. ...

In the early 2000s, a group of major party officials, such as Mitsos Kostopoulos, left the party and formed the Movement for the United in Action Left (KEDA), which in the 2007 legislative election participated in the Coalition of the Radical Left. Movement for the United in Action Left (Greek: Κίνηση για την Ενότητα Δράσης της Αριστεράς abbreviated ΚΕΔΑ-KEDA) is a political party in Greece that is part of the Coalition of the Radical Left. ... Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on Sunday, September 16, 2007, to elect the 300 members of the Greek Parliament. ... SYRIZA symbol Coalition of the Radical Left (in Greek: Synaspismos tis Rizospastikis Aristeras or SYRIZA) is a coalition of left political parties in Greece. ...

Youth Organisation

Main article: Communist Youth of Greece

KNE logo.

KKE's youth organization is the Communist Youth of Greece, KNE, which closely supports KKE's goals and strategic targets. The Communist Youth of Greece, (Greek: Κομμουνιστική Νεολαία Ελλαδας, KNE) is the youth wing of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). ... Image File history File links Kne. ... Image File history File links Kne. ... The Communist Youth of Greece, (Greek: Κομμουνιστική Νεολαία Ελλαδας, KNE) is the youth wing of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). ... The Communist Youth of Greece, (Greek: Κομμουνιστική Νεολαία Ελλαδας, KNE) is the youth wing of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). ...

Current activities

The KKE stands in elections and has representatives in the Greek Parliament, local government, and the European Parliament, where its 3 MEPs sit with the European United Left - Nordic Green Left. The Hellenic Parliament (Greek: Βουλή των Ελλήνων; transliterated Vouli ton Ellinon; literally Council of the Greeks) is the parliament of Greece, located in Syntagma Square in Athens. ... Established 1952, as the Common Assembly President Hans-Gert Pöttering (EPP) Since 16 January 2007 Vice-Presidents 14 Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (EPP) Alejo Vidal-Quadras (EPP) Gérard Onesta (Greens – EFA) Edward McMillan-Scott (ED) Mario Mauro (EPP) Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez (PES) Luigi Cocilovo (ALDE) Mechtild... GUE-NGL logo The European United Left–Nordic Green Left is a socialist and communist political grouping within the European Parliament. ...

It publishes the daily newspaper Rizospastis. It also publishes the political and theoretical journal Komounistiki Epitheorisi (Communist Review) every two months and a journal with educational issues, Themata Paideias. Komsomolskaya Pravda and Rizospastis in September 2005. ...

List of General Secretaries

General Secretaries The term General Secretary (alternatively First Secretary) denotes a leader of various unions, parties or associations. ...

1. Nikolaos Dimitratos (November 1918-)
2. Giannis Kordatos (February 1922-)
3. Nikolaos Sargologos (November 1922-)
4. Thomas Apostolidis (September 1923-)
5. Pandelis Pouliopoulos (December 1924-)
6. Pastias Giatsopoulos (September 1926-)
7. Andronikos Xaitas (March 1927-)
8. Nikolaos Zachariadis (1931/36)
9. Andreas Tsipas (July 1941-September 1941)
10. Georgios Siantos (January 1942-1945)
11. Nikolaos Zachariadis (1945-1956)
12. Apostolos Grozos (1956)
13. Konstantinos Koligiannis (1956-1972)
14. Charilaos Florakis (1972-1989)
15. Grigoris Farakos (1989-1991)
16. Aleka Papariga (1991-)

Pandelis Pouliopoulos (1900-1943) was a Greek communist and onetime general secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). ... Nikolaos Zachariadis ( 1903- 1973) has been the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece ( KKE) from 1931 to 1956. ... Andreas Tsipas (1904–1956) (Andreja Chipov in his native Slavo-Macedonian) was a Macedonian and Greek revolutionary. ... Georgios Siantos (Greek: , 1890 - May 20, 1947) was a prominent figure of the Greek Communist party (Greek: Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, Kommunistiko Komma Elladas) who served as acting general secretary of the party and as a leader of the EAM/ELAS Resistance movement during the German occupation of Greece in World War II. // Siantos... Nikolaos Zachariadis ( 1903- 1973) has been the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece ( KKE) from 1931 to 1956. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Charilaos Florakis (1914-2005) (Greek: Χαρίλαος Φλωράκης also Harilaos Florakis) was a leader of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). ... Aleka Papariga (Greek: Αλέκα Παπαρήγα) (born November 5, 1945) is a communist Greek politician who has served the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) as its general secretary since 1991. ...

Party's electoral results

Notes:

^‡With other parties.

^↔As part of the United Front.

^†As part of the United Left coalition.

^††As part of the Coalition of the Left and Progress.

Legislative elections were held in the Greek Republic on 7 November 1926. ... Legislative elections were held in the Greek Republic on 19 August 1928. ... The Senate was a new institution introduced with the Greek Constitution of 1927. ... Legislative elections were held in the Greek Republic on 25 September 1932. ... In 1932 elections took place for the renewal of the 1/3 (30) of the members of the Senate and resulted in an ambivalent result for the two biggest parties, the Liberal Party of Eleftherios Venizelos and the Peoples Party. ... Legislative elections were held in the Greek Republic on 5 March 1933. ... The Greek legislative election of the 19 February 1958 resulted in a victory for the Peoples Party of Panagis Tsaldaris. ... Legislative elections were held in the Greek Republic on 26 January 1936. ... The first free elections since 1964 and after the end of a 7-year dictatorship (1967-1974) took place in Greece in 1974. ... In 1977, Prime Minister, Constantine Caramanlis, called for early elections. ... The 1981 elections mark a new era in mordern history of Greece. ... Legislative elections were held in the Greek Republic on 2 June, 1985. ... Legislative elections were held in the Hellenic Republic on June 18, 1989. ... Elections to the European Parliament were held in Greece on June 15, 1989. ... Legislative elections were held in the Hellenic Republic on November 5, 1989. ... Legislative elections were held in the Greek Republic on April 8, 1990. ... Legislative elections were held in the Greek Republic on October 10, 1993. ... The 1994 European Parliamentary Elections were held in June across all 12 current European Union member-states. ... Legislative elections were held in the Greek Republic on April, 1996. ... Elections to the European Parliament were held in Greece on June 13, 1999. ... Legislative elections were held in the Greek Republic on April 10, 2000. ... Legislative election results map. ... Elections to the European Parliament were held in Greece on June 13, 2004. ... Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on Sunday, September 16, 2007, to elect the 300 members of the Greek Parliament. ... The United Left (Ενωμένη Αριστερά or Enomeni Aristera in Greek ) was an electoral union formed between the Communist Party of Greece, Communist Party of Greece (Interior) and the United Democratic Left (EDA) to contest the 1974 Greek legislative election. ... Party logo The Coalition of the Left, of Movements and Ecology (Shorter: Coalition, Greek: Synaspismos, Συνασπισμός) is a Greek political party of the radical left. ...

Party membership

Source: The table is part of a larger table found in Chr. Vernadakis & G. Mavris, "Απο τη 'Λαοκρατία' στην 'Αλλαγή'", Theseis 22 (1988). The table in the article provides detailed sources for the numbers stated above which are from CPG's official documents and/or independent historians.

See also

• PAME
• List of participants at International Conference of Communist & Workers' Parties 1998-2005

The All Workers Struggling Front (Greek: Πανεργατικό Αγωνιστικό Μέτωπο (ΠΑΜΕ) Panergatiko Agonistiko Metopo), better known by the acronym PAME is a Greek communist trade union. ... More or less regularly the Communist Party of Greece hosts conferences for communist parties in Athens, Greece. ...

External links

• KKE page in English

References

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