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New Democracy (ND, Greek: Νέα Δημοκρατία, Nea Dhimokratia), founded in 1974, is the main center-right liberal-conservative political party in Greece. After an initial period of success, ND spent most of the 1980s and '90s in opposition. At the 7 March, 2004 Greek elections, ND returned to office under the leadership of Costas Caramanlis, nephew of the party's founder. 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. ... This is a list of presidents of Greece. ... Karolos Papoulias Karolos Papoulias (Greek: Κάρολος Παπούλιας) is the President of the Hellenic Republic, former minister and member of the Hellenic parliament. ... Note on Greek names: There is no firm convention for the rendering of Greek personal names into English. ... Costas Caramanlis Costas Caramanlis (in Greek Kostas or Konstantinos Karamanlis, Κωστας or Κωνσταντινος Καραμανλης) (born September 14, 1956) became Prime Minister of Greece on March 10, 2004 following his partys victory in the March 7 parliamentary elections. ... The cabinet of Greece is comprised of the heads of the major ministries. ... In Greece, the independence of the justice is safeguarded by the Constitution. ... In Greece, the Supreme Special Court (Greek: Ανώτατο Ειδικό Δικαστήριο) is provided for in the article 100 of the Constitution. ... The Court of Cassation is the Supreme Court of Greece. ... In Greece, the Counil of State (sometimes Counsel of State or State Council, Greek: Συμβούλιο της Επικρατείας) is, at the same time, an administrative organ (one of the three Big Bodies of the greek Public Administration) and the Supreme Administrative Court. ... In Greece, the Chamber of Accounts (or Court of Accounts or Court of Auditors or Audit Court, French: Cour des Comptes , Greek: Ελεγκτικό Συνέδριο) is, at the same time, an administrative organ (one of the three Big Bodies of the greek Public Administration) and a Supreme Administrative Court with a special jursdiction... The peripheries (περιφέρειες) are the subnational divisions of Greece. ... Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos, Greek: νομοί, νομός)): See also List of the prefectures of Greece by area List of the prefectures of Greece by population density List of the prefectures of Greece by population External... Elections in Greece gives information on election and election results in Greece. ... Legislative elections were held in Greece on March 7, 2004. ... Under the current electoral system, a party needs to surpass a 3% threshold in the popular vote in order to enter parliament. ... The European Union or EU is a supranational and intergovernmental union of 25 European states. ... Image File history File links European_flag. ... Greece was elected by the United Nations General Assembly to the United Nations Security Council, on 15 October 2004 , as a non-permanent member for 2005 and 2006. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... New Democracy logo This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... New Democracy logo This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... Liberal conservatism is a variant of conservatism that combines the classical conservative concern for established tradition, respect for authority and (sometimes) religious values with liberal ideas, especially on economic issues (see economic liberalism, which advocates free market capitalism). ... Legislative elections were held in Greece on March 7, 2004. ... Kostas Karamanlis, the prime minister of Greece Konstantínos Alexandrou Karamanlís Currently Edited: Was edited with bad language and not in english. ...

ND was founded on October 4, 1974, two months after Constantine Caramanlis was sworn in as the first Prime Minister in the post-dictatorship era in Greece. Caramanlis had already served as Prime Minister from 1955 to 1963. In the first free elections of the new era, New Democracy won by a landslide, securing 54.4% of the vote. This result is attributed mostly to the personal appeal of Caramanlis, rather than the influence of ND as a party, to the electorate; "Caramanlis or tanks" was a slogan at the time, with the latter referring to the military, which, it was feared, might stage another coup. October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... Constantine Karamanlis Constantine (Konstantinos) Karamanlis (Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής) (March 8, 1907 - April 23, 1998) is a towering figure of modern Greek politics and history. ...

Caramanlis intended New Democracy to be a more modern and progressive right-wing party than those which had ruled Greece before the 1967 military coup, including his own ERE (Ethniki Rizospastiki Enosis = National Radical Union). The party's ideology was defined as "radical liberalism," a term defined by ND as "the prevalence of free market rules with the decisive intervention of the state in favour of social justice." 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...

In 1977, ND again won national elections, albeit with a largely reduced majority (41.88%); still, it retained a comfortable parliamentary majority. Under Caramanlis Greece redefined its relations with NATO, and tried to resolve the Cyprus issue following the Turkish invasion. In 1980, however, Caramanlis retired. His successor, George Rallis, was defeated at the following elections by the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) led by Andreas Papandreou. Under ND leadership Greece joined the European Communities in 1981. Caramanlis was criticised by opposing parties (which were against the prospect of entering the EEC), for not holding a referendum, despite the fact that entry into the EEC was prominent in the political platform under which New Democracy had been elected to power. For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for collective security established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, DC, on 4 April 1949. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... George Rallis (Greek form Giorgos or Georgios Rallis) (26 December 1918-15 March 2006), was a Greek politician, and Prime Minister of Greece from 10 May 1980 to 21 October 1981. ... 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. ... Andreas Georgiou Papandreou, Ανδρέας Γ. Παπανδρέου (5 February 1919 - 23 June 1996) was a Greek economist and politician. ... The European Community (EC), most important of three European Communities, was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

ND returned to power in a coalition government (prime minister: Tzanis Tzannetakis) with the traditional Left Party (Synaspismos, which at the time included the Communist Party of Greece) in 1989, subsequently participated in the grand coalition government of Xenophon Zolotas from November 1989 to April 1990 and, eventually, formed a majority government under Mitsotakis after new elections were held on April 10, 1990. The party then suffered a period of successive losses. It was defeated in 1993 under Mitsotakis, in 1996 under Miltiades Evert, and in 2000 under Costas Caramanlis, nephew of the party's founder. In 2000 ND lost by 1,06% of the popular vote, the smallest margin in modern Greek history. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... There are two politicians that have the name Mitsotakis (Greek: Μητσοτάκης): Konstantinos Mitsotakis, a Greek prime minister from 1990 to 1993 Kyriakos Mitsotakis (son of Konstantinos Mitsotakis), a Greek politician This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... There are two politicians that have the name Mitsotakis (Greek: Μητσοτάκης): Konstantinos Mitsotakis, a Greek prime minister from 1990 to 1993 Kyriakos Mitsotakis (son of Konstantinos Mitsotakis), a Greek politician This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Kostas Karamanlis, the prime minister of Greece Konstantínos Alexandrou Karamanlís Currently Edited: Was edited with bad language and not in english. ...

By 2003, however, ND was consistently leading the PASOK government of Costas Simitis in opinion polls. In January 2004 Simitis resigned and announced elections for March 7, at which Caramanlis faced the new PASOK leader, George Papandreou. Despite speculation that Papandreou would succeed in restoring PASOK's fortunes, Caramanlis had a comfortable victory in the elections and became Greece's first center-right Prime Minister after eleven years. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ... Costas Simitis Constantinos Georgios Simitis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γεώργιος Σημίτης) (born June 23, 1936), usually referred to as Costas Simitis, was Prime Minister of Greece and leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) from 1996 to 2004. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in leap years). ... For George Papandreous grandfather, also called George Papandreou, see George Papandreou, senior. ...

ND is a member of the European People's Party, the European Democrat Union, the International Democrat Union and the Christian Democrat International. The European Peoples Party (EPP) is the largest European political party. ... The European Democrat Union is the European wing of the International Democrat Union. ... The International Democrat Union is an international grouping of conservative and, in some cases, Christian democratic parties. ... The Christian Democrat and Peoples Parties International (IDC-CDI) is the global political international dedicated to the promotion of christian democracy. ...

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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. ... The first free elections since 1964 and after the end of a 7-year dictatorship (1967-1974) took place in Greece in 1974. ... Constantine Karamanlis (Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής in Greek; March 8, 1907 - April 23, 1998) was a towering figure of Greek politics. ... In 1977, Prime Minister, Constantine Caramanlis, called for early elections. ... Constantine Karamanlis (Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής in Greek; March 8, 1907 - April 23, 1998) was a towering figure of Greek politics. ... The 1981 elections mark a new era in mordern history of Greece. ... George Rallis (Greek form Giorgos or Georgios Rallis) (26 December 1918-15 March 2006), was a Greek politician, and Prime Minister of Greece from 10 May 1980 to 21 October 1981. ... Legislative elections were held in the Greek Republic on 2 June, 1985. ... Constantine Mitsotakis Constantine Mitsotakis (in Greek:Κωνσταντίνος Μητσοτάκης-Konstantinos Mitsotakis) (born October 18, 1918), Greek politician, was born in Chania, Crete. ... Legislative elections were held in the Greek Republic on June 18, 1989. ... Constantine Mitsotakis Constantine Mitsotakis (in Greek:Κωνσταντίνος Μητσοτάκης-Konstantinos Mitsotakis) (born October 18, 1918), Greek politician, was born in Chania, Crete. ... Legislative elections were held in the Greek Republic on November 5, 1989. ... Constantine Mitsotakis Constantine Mitsotakis (in Greek:Κωνσταντίνος Μητσοτάκης-Konstantinos Mitsotakis) (born October 18, 1918), Greek politician, was born in Chania, Crete. ... Legislative elections were held in the Greek Republic on April 8, 1990. ... Constantine Mitsotakis Constantine Mitsotakis (in Greek:Κωνσταντίνος Μητσοτάκης-Konstantinos Mitsotakis) (born October 18, 1918), Greek politician, was born in Chania, Crete. ... Legislative elections were held in the Greek Republic on October 10, 1993. ... Constantine Mitsotakis Constantine Mitsotakis (in Greek:Κωνσταντίνος Μητσοτάκης-Konstantinos Mitsotakis) (born October 18, 1918), Greek politician, was born in Chania, Crete. ... Legislative elections were held in the Greek Republic on April, 1996. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Legislative elections were held in the Greek Republic on April 10, 2000. ... Kostas Karamanlis, the prime minister of Greece Konstantínos Alexandrou Karamanlís Currently Edited: Was edited with bad language and not in english. ... Legislative elections were held in Greece on March 7, 2004. ... Kostas Karamanlis, the prime minister of Greece Konstantínos Alexandrou Karamanlís Currently Edited: Was edited with bad language and not in english. ...

External links

• New Democracy website (in Greek)
• New Democracy website (in English)
• Greek election results, via the Greek Ministry of Internal Affairs