Provisional Democratic Government
| Provisional Democratic Government | ||||||||||
| Προσωρινή Δημοκρατική Κυβέρνηση Prosoriní Dimokratikí Kyvérnisi |
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| Communist Party of Greece-dominated government (unrecognized internationally) | ||||||||||
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| Capital | Gramos (de facto) | |||||||||
| Languages | Demotic Greek | |||||||||
| Religion | Greek Orthodox | |||||||||
| Government | Provisional government, Democratic republic, Socialist state | |||||||||
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| • | 1947–1949 | Markos Vafiadis | ||||||||
| • | 1949 | Nikos Zachariadis | ||||||||
| • | 1949–1950 (in exile) | Dimitrios Partsalidis | ||||||||
| KKE General Secretary | ||||||||||
| • | 1931–1956 | Nikos Zachariadis | ||||||||
| Historical era | Greek Civil War | |||||||||
| • | Established | 24 December 1947 | ||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 28 August 1949 | ||||||||
| Currency | Greek drachma (₯) | |||||||||
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The Provisional Democratic Government (Greek: Προσωρινή Δημοκρατική Κυβέρνηση, Prosoriní Dimokratikí Kyvérnisi), was the name of the administration declared by the Communist Party of Greece on 24 December 1947, during the Greek Civil War. The government controlled various mountainous areas along Greece's northern border, adjoining the communist states of SFR Yugoslavia and Albania, and was seen as the succession of the World War II-era "Mountain Government" of the Communist-led EAM-ELAS Resistance movement.
The Greek Civil War had broken out in spring 1946, but it was not until June 1947 that the Greek Communists announced their intention to form a separate government. This move was announced by leading Party member Miltiadis Porfyrogennis at the Congress of the French Communist Party, in a move designed to garner publicity and highlight the support of other Communist parties and governments to the Greek Communists' cause. The formation of a separate government was not only a renunciation of any chances of reconciliation with the royal government in Athens, but also implied also a move away from guerrilla warfare towards a more "regular" structure. This was in accordance with the Yugoslav-inspired "Lakes Plan", which envisaged the creation of a regular army of 50,000–60,000 men and the occupation of large parts of northern Greece, ultimately including Greece's second city, Thessaloniki, where the new government would base itself.
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