Politically Independent Alignment
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Politically Independent Alignment Πολιτική Ανεξάρτητος Παράταξις | |
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President | Konstantinos Maniadakis |
Founded | 1949/50 |
Dissolved | 1951[citation needed] |
Merged into | Greek Rally |
Ideology | Greek nationalism Anti-communism[citation needed] Personalism[1] |
Political position | Right-wing[2] to far-right[3] |
International affiliation | None |
The Politically Independent Alignment,[3] alternatively translated as Politically Independent Camp[4] or Front[1] (Greek: Πολιτική Ανεξάρτητη Παράταξη or Πολιτική Ανεξάρτητος Παράταξις, Politikí Anexártiti Parátaxi or Politikí Anexártitos Parátaxis, PAP) was a Greek electoral alliance that ran in the 1950 legislative election and represented loyalists of the former dicator Ioannis Metaxas.[3]
It was established in 1949 as an alliance of the Greek Renaissance Party of Konstantinos Maniadakis, former Minister of Public Order during the 4th of August Regime, and the Nationalist Party[4] of Theodoros Tourkovasilis, a former Governor of the Bank of Greece.
In the Greek legislative election, 1950 the party gained 8,15% of the votes and 16 seats in the Hellenic Parliament.
References
- ^ a b Legg, Keith R. (1969). Politics in Modern Greece. Stanford University Press. p. 331.
- ^ McHale, Vincent E.; Skowronski, Sharon, eds. (1983). Political parties of Europe. Vol. 1. Greenwood Press. p. 347.
- ^ a b c Davies, Peter; Lynch, Derek (2002). The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right. Routledge. p. 331.
- ^ a b Clogg, Richard (1987). Parties and Elections in Greece: The Search for Legitimacy. Hurst & Co. p. xiii.