Liberal Party (Greece)

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Komma Fileleftheron (Greek: Κόμμα Φιλελευθέρων - literally "Party of the Friends of Liberty"; usually translated as "Liberal Party") was one of the major Greek political parties of the early 20th Century.

Founded as the "Xipoliton" ("barefoot") party in Crete (then an autonomous region of the Ottoman Empire), its early leaders were Kostis Mitsotakis (Grandfather of Konstantinos Mitsotakis) and Eleftherios Venizelos. After the annexation of Crete by Greece, Venizelos moved to Athens and turned the party into a national one, under the "Fileleftheron" name in 1910. For the following 25 years, the fate of the party would be tied to that of Venizelos. The party was legally disbanded after the failed Nikolaos Plastiras coup of 1935, although the organization remained active.

During World War II, a Greek government-in-exile was formed in Cairo, Egypt, with the assistance of the British. The government was formed almost entirely of prominent Liberals, including Georgios Papandreou and Sophoklis Venizelos, even as King George (long suspected by the British for pro-German leanings) remained the official head of state. The party was reformed after the war, until it merged into Center Union (Enosi Kentrou) in 1961.

In the 1980s, the party reemerged under the leadership of Nikitas Venizelos, a grandson of the party's founder. Claiming to be the same party as the one founded in 1910, it continues to contest elections.

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Results, 1989–1990
(year links to election page)
Year Type of Election Votes % Mandates
November 1910
Parliament
307
May 1915
Parliament
335,949
48.9
187
1920
Parliament
375,803
50.23
118
1923
Parliament
250
1926
Parliament
304,727
31.70
108
1928
Parliament
46.9
178
1932
Parliament
398,779
34.04
98
1932
Senate
39.46
16
1933
Parliament
33.3
80
1936
Parliament
37.3
126
1946
Parliament
159,525
14.39
48
1950
Parliament
17.24
56
1951
Parliament
19.04
57
1958
Parliament
20.67
36
1981
Parliament
20,645
0.36
0
1985
Parliament
10,551
0.2
0
June 1989
Parliament
9,001
0.1
0
1989
European Parliament
26,040
0.40
November 1989
Parliament
5,125
0.1
0
2000
Parliament
2,091
0.03
0
2004
Parliament
2,658
0.0
0
2007
Parliament
3,092
0.04
0

(Name, highest office as a party member, year)

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