Political Committee of National Liberation
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| Ελεύθερη Ελλάδα Eleftheri Ellada |
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| National Liberation Front and Communist Party of Greece dominated government (unrecognized internationally) | ||||||||||
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Motto "Eleftheria i Thanatos" Ελευθερία ή θάνατος "Freedom or Death" "Thanatos sto Fasismo" |
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Anthem Ýmnos is tin Eleftherían Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν "Hymn to Freedom" |
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| Capital | Athens (official), Koryschades (Evrytania) (headquarter of PEEA) | |||||||||
| Languages | Greek/Demotic Greek | |||||||||
| Religion | Greek Orthodox | |||||||||
| Political structure | Provisional government, Democratic republic, Socialist state | |||||||||
| Chairman of PEEA | ||||||||||
| • | March 10, 1944–April 18, 1944 | Evripidis Bakirtzis (KKE) | ||||||||
| • | 18 April 1944–9 October 1944 | Alexandros Svolos (SKE) | ||||||||
| Legislature | National Council | |||||||||
| Historical era | World War II | |||||||||
| • | Established | 10 March 1944 | ||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 9 October 1944 | ||||||||
| Currency | Greek drachma (₯) | |||||||||
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"Thanatos sto Fasismo"
Θάνατος στο Φασισμό
"Death to Fascism"
The Political Committee of National Liberation (Greek: Πολιτική Επιτροπή Εθνικής Απελευθέρωσης, Politiki Epitropi Ethikis Apeleftherosis, PEEA), commonly known as the "Mountain Government" (Greek: Κυβέρνηση του Βουνού), was a Communist Party-dominated government established in Greece in 1944 in opposition to both the collaborationist German-controlled government at Athens and to the royal government-in-exile in Cairo. It was integrated with the Greek government-in-exile in a national unity government at the Lebanon conference in May 1944.
The PEEA was established on 10 March 1944 by the leftist National Liberation Front (EAM)/Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) movement, which was then in control of much of the country. Its aims, according to its founding charter, were, "to intensify the struggle against the conquerors ... for full national liberation, for the consolidation of the independence and integrity of our country (...) and for the annihilation of domestic fascism and armed traitor formations".
The PEEA's authority was significantly reinforced after the establishment of the National Council (Greek: Εθνικό Συμβούλιο) in 1944. The National Council was an assembly elected by secret elections organised by the PEEA in late April 1944 in both the liberated parts of Greece and the still-occupied cities, mainly Athens. Approximately one million people took part in these elections, which are notable for the fact that for the first time in Greece, women were allowed to vote. The Council first converged in Koryschades, a mountain village of Evrytania, from 14 to 27 May 1944. Its main act was voting a resolution, an extract of which is quoted:
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