Liberal Party (Greece)
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The Liberal Party was a major political party in Greece during the early-to-mid 20th century. It was founded in August 1910 by Eleftherios Venizelos, winning a landslide victory in the November 1910 l
Caricature of Venizelos with the anchor, symbol of the party
Venizelism
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Venizelism was one of the major political movements in Greece beginning from the 1910s. The movement first formed under Eleftherios Venizelos in the 1910s and saw a resurgence of support in the 1960s
Liberal Party (Greece)
…Prime Minister for a total of 12 years. The party's platform was broadly modernising, liberal, social, and nationalist; a set of policies referred to as Venizelism in Greek politics. Though the party contained a social-democratic wing, it became increasingly anti-communist in the 1920s. Originally ambiguous on the…
Eleftherios Venizelos, after whom Venizelism is named
Georgios Papandreou, leader of the Centre Union, which was formed by Venizelists