Centre Union









































Centre Union


Ἔνωσις Κέντρου

Leader Georgios Papandreou
Founded 1961
Dissolved 1974
Merger of
Liberal Party
Progressive Agricultural Democratic Union
National Progressive Center Union
Popular Social Party
Succeeded by
Centre Union – New Forces
New Democracy
Headquarters Athens
Ideology
Venizelism
National liberalism

Political position Centre

  • Politics of Greece

  • Political parties

  • Elections


The Centre Union (EK, Greek: Ένωσις Κέντρου, Enosis Kentrou (ΕΚ)) was a Greek political party, created in 1961 by Georgios Papandreou.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Electoral performance


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References





History


The party was elected to power in 1963, with Papandreou as Prime Minister. In 1965, King Constantine forced Papandreou from the office following the Apostasia of 1965 plan, designed by him and executed by Center Union's politician Konstantinos Mitsotakis. He then formed a new government using the apostates, ex-members of EK, and installed Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas as prime minister. Athanasiadis attempted to gain a vote of confidence in parliament, but the EK party was split in two, and a political crisis ensued that led to the period of the Greek military junta of 1967–74.


The Centre Union Party was the last Venizelist party to hold power in Greece. The party nominally continued to exist until 1977 (after the Junta it was known as the Center Union – New Forces), when its successor Union of the Democratic Centre (EDIK) party was created. Konstantinos Mitsotakis, who had defected from the EK in 1965, formed a rival Venizelist party, known as the "Party of New Liberals", which merged with New Democracy in 1978.



Electoral performance



































Year
Party Leader
Number of votes
Percentage of votes
Seats in the
Hellenic Parliament
Position in Parliament

1961

Georgios Papandreou

1,555,442

33.7%


100 / 300



(in alliance with the Progressive Party (Greece), election result disputed); main opposition party

1963

Georgios Papandreou

1,962,074

42.0%


138 / 300



Minority government

1964

Georgios Papandreou

2,424,477

52.7%


171 / 300



Government


See also


  • Georgios Papandreou Party


References


  • Richard Clogg, "Η Ένωση Κέντρου. Οι φιλελεύθεροι στην εξουσία;", in: Φιλελευθερισμός στην Ελλάδα. Φιλελεύθερη θεωρία και πρακτική στην πολιτική και στην κοινωνία της Ελλάδος, ed. Vivliopolion tis Estias, Athens, 1991, pp. 119–130.








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