Communist Party of Greece
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Communist Party of Greece
Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas |
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| General Secretary | Dimitris Koutsoumpas |
| Founded | 17 November [O.S. 4 November] 1918 |
| Headquarters | 145 Leof. Irakliou, 142 31 Athens (Nea Ionia), Greece |
| Newspaper | Rizospastis |
| Student wing | Panspoudastiki |
| Youth wing | Communist Youth of Greece |
| Trade Union Wing | All-Workers Militant Front |
| Ideology |
Communism Marxism–Leninism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| European affiliation | Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties |
| International affiliation |
International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties International Communist Seminar |
| European Parliament group | Non-Inscrits |
| Colours | Red |
| Parliament |
15 / 300
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| European Parliament |
2 / 21
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| Regions |
31 / 725
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| Website | |
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The Communist Party of Greece (Greek: Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas, KKE) is a Marxist–Leninist political party in Greece. Founded in 1918 as the Socialist Labour Party of Greece, it is the oldest party active in the Greek political scene.
The October Revolution of the Bolsheviks in Russia in 1917 gave impetus for the foundation of Communist parties in many countries all over the globe. ΚΚΕ was founded on 4 November 1918 as the Socialist Labour Party of Greece (Greek: Σοσιαλιστικό Εργατικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, Sosialistikó Ergatikó Kómma Elládas; acronym: ΣΕΚΕ, SEKE). The party was run by a five-member central committee which consisted of Nikos Dimitratos, D. Ligdopoulos, M. Sideris, A. Arvanitis and S. Kokkinos.
The background of KKE has roots in more than 60 years of small socialist, anarchist and communist groups, mainly in industrialized areas. These groups, following the example of the Paris Commune and the 1892 Chicago workers' movement for the eight-hour working day, had as immediate political goals the unification of Greek workers into trade unions, the implementation of an eight-hour day in Greece, and better salaries for workers. Inspired by the Paris Commune and the communist revolutionary efforts in the United States, Germany and Russia at the beginning of the century, and the destruction that almost 20 years of wars had brought upon the Greek workers, a unified Social-Communist party was founded in Greece.
At the Second Congress of the SEKE in April 1920, the party decided to affiliate with Comintern, an international communist organisation founded in Moscow in 1919. It changed its name to the Socialist Labour Party of Greece-Communist (SEKE-K). A new central committee was elected, which included Nikos and Panaghis Dimitratos, Yannis Kordatos, G. Doumas and M. Sideris. 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.
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