New Democracy (Greece)
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New Democracy
Νέα Δημοκρατία |
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| Abbreviation | ND (ΝΔ) |
| President | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
| Vice Presidents |
Kostis Chatzidakis Adonis Georgiadis |
| Secretary | Lefteris Avgenakis |
| Spokesperson | Giorgos Koumoutsakos |
| Founder | Konstantinos Karamanlis |
| Founded | 4 October 1974 |
| Preceded by |
National Radical Union Centre Union |
| Headquarters | 62 Peiraios Street, Moschato, Athens |
| Youth wing | Youth Organisation of New Democracy |
| Ideology |
Liberal conservatism Christian democracy Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| International affiliation |
Centrist Democrat International International Democrat Union |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| Colours | Blue |
| Parliament |
76 / 300
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| European Parliament |
5 / 21
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| Regional Governors |
7 / 13
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| Website | |
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The New Democracy (Greek: Νέα Δημοκρατία, Nea Dimokratia, IPA: [ˈnea ðimokraˈtia]), also referred to as ND by its initials, is a liberal-conservativepolitical party in Greece. In modern Greek politics, New Democracy has been the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties along with its historic rival, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). Having spent two and a half years in government under the presidency of Antonis Samaras, New Democracy lost the majority in the Hellenic Parliament and became the major opposition party after the January 2015 legislative election.
The party was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and in the same year it formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic. New Democracy is a member of the European People's Party, the Centrist Democrat International and the International Democrat Union.
New Democracy was founded on 4 October 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis, in the beginning of the metapolitefsi era following the fall of the Greek military junta. Karamanlis, who had already served as Prime Minister of Greece from 1955 to 1963, was sworn in as the first Prime Minister of the Third Hellenic Republic in a national unity government on 24 July 1974, until the first free elections of the new era. He intended New Democracy to be a more modern and progressive political party than the right-wing parties that ruled Greece before the 1967 Greek coup d'état, including his own National Radical Union (ERE). The party's ideology was defined as "radical liberalism", a term defined as "the prevalence of free market rules with the decisive intervention of the state in favour of social justice." The party was formed out of dissident members the pre-Junta Centre Union and National Radical Union
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