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{{Infobox political party
{{Infobox political party
| name = Communist Party of Greece (Interior)
| name = Communist Party of Greece (Interior)
| native_name = Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας Εσωτερικού
| native_name = Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας Εσωτερικού
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| abbreviation = KKE Interior
| abbreviation = KKE Interior
| colorcode = {{party color|Communist Party of Greece (Interior)}}
| colorcode = {{party color|Communist Party of Greece (Interior)}}
| leader =
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| president =
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| general_secretary = [[Babis Drakopoulos]] (first)<br />[[Leonidas Kyrkos]] (last)
| general_secretary = [[Babis Drakopoulos]] (first)<br />[[Leonidas Kyrkos]] (last)
| foundation = {{start date|1968}}
| foundation = {{start date|1968}}
| dissolved = {{end date|1987}}
| dissolved = {{end date|1987}}
| split = [[Communist Party of Greece]] (KKE)
| split = [[Communist Party of Greece]] (KKE)
| successor = [[Greek Left]]<br />[[Renewing Communist Ecological Left|KKE Interior–Renewing Left]]
| successor = [[Greek Left]]<br />[[Renewing Communist Ecological Left|KKE Interior–Renewing Left]]
| youth_wing = [[Greek Communist Youth – Rigas Feraios]]
| youth_wing = [[Greek Communist Youth – Rigas Feraios]]
| ideology = [[Eurocommunism]]
| ideology = [[Eurocommunism]]
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The '''Communist Party of Greece, Interior''' ({{Lang-el|Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας Εσωτερικού}}), usually abbreviated as '''KKE Interior''' (Greek: ''ΚΚΕ Εσωτερικού''), was a [[Eurocommunism|Eurocommunist]] [[political party|party]] existing between 1968 and 1987 in [[Greece]].
The '''Communist Party of Greece, Interior''' ({{Lang-el|Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας Εσωτερικού}}), usually abbreviated as '''KKE Interior''' (Greek: ''ΚΚΕ Εσωτερικού''), was a [[Eurocommunism|Eurocommunist]] [[political party|party]] existing between 1968 and 1987 in [[Greece]].

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Communist Party of Greece (Interior)
Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας Εσωτερικού
AbbreviationKKE Interior
General SecretaryBabis Drakopoulos (first)
Leonidas Kyrkos (last)
Founded1968 (1968)
Dissolved1987 (1987)
Split fromCommunist Party of Greece (KKE)
Succeeded byGreek Left
KKE Interior–Renewing Left
Youth wingGreek Communist Youth – Rigas Feraios
IdeologyEurocommunism

The Communist Party of Greece, Interior (Greek: Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας Εσωτερικού), usually abbreviated as KKE Interior (Greek: ΚΚΕ Εσωτερικού), was a Eurocommunist party existing between 1968 and 1987 in Greece.

The party was formed after the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) suffered a major split following the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia and the suppression of the Prague Spring. KKE Interior essentially broke ties with KKE's ideological supervision by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and later established bonds with parties such as the Italian Communist Party (PCI), adopting a Eurocommunist perspective.[1]

KKE Interior was greatly active in the struggle against the Regime of the Colonels that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974 through the Panhellenic Antidictatorial Front (abbrev. ΠΑΜ) and its youth wing, the Greek Communist Youth – Rigas Feraios. During the period that followed the overturn of the Regime of the Colonels, known as the Metapolitefsi, the party remained electorally active, either on its own or in broader leftist coalitions. KKE Interior was dissolved some months after its 4th Congress in 1986, splitting into two: the Communist Party of Greece (Interior)-Renewing Left and the Greek Left.[2] Through different routes, both would end up part of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA).

Notable members

Electoral results

Results from 1977 to 1985
(year links to election page)
Year Parliament Votes % Seats
1977 Hellenic Parliament 139,356 2.72 2
1981 European Parliament 275,731 5.15 1
1981 Hellenic Parliament 76,404 1.34 0
1984 European Parliament 203,813 3.42 1
1985 Hellenic Parliament 117,135 1.8 1

References

  1. ^ Marantzidis, Nikos (2008). "The Communist Party of Greece after the Collapse of Communism (1989-2006) - From Proletarian Internationalism to Ethno-Populism". In Uwe Backes; Patrick Moreau (eds.). Communist and Post-Communist Parties in Europe. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 245. ISBN 978-3-525-36912-8.
  2. ^ Arthur S. Banks; Thomas C. Muller, eds. (1998). "Greece". Political Handbook of the World. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 365. ISBN 978-1-349-14951-3.