Liberal Party (Greece) | |
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| Leader | Manolis Kalligiannis |
| Founded | 1980 (claimed 1910) |
| Dissolved | 2012 |
| Ideology | Liberalism Liberal democracy Venizelism |
| European affiliation | Libertas.eu |
| Website | |
| http://www.liberalparty.gr/ | |
TheLiberal Party (Greek:Κόμμα Φιλελευθέρων) was aGreekliberal political party, founded in 1981, which claimed to be the continuation of the historicalLiberal Party, one of Greece's leading parties for most of the early 20th century. The party was founded byNikitas Venizelos, grandson of the original party's founder and leader,Eleftherios Venizelos.
Since 1999, the party was led by the retired military officerManolis Kalligiannis (Μανώλης Καλλιγιάννης, sometimes referred to as Emmanuel Kalligiannis). After Kalligiannis attended the Rome convention of theeurosceptic pan-European allianceLibertas.eu in May 2009,[1] the party run under the title "Liberal Party – Libertas.eu" (Greek:Κόμμα Φιλελευθέρων – Libertas.eu) for the2009 European Parliament elections.
| Results, 1989–1990 (year links to election page) | ||||||||
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| Year | Type of Election | Votes | % | Mandates | ||||
| 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 | 0 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 2009 | European Parliament | 6,485 | 0.13 | 0 | ||||
| May 2012 | Parliament | 3,618 | 0.06 | 0 | ||||
| June 2012 | Parliament | 623 | 0.01 | 0 | ||||