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New Democracy (ND; Greek: Νέα Δημοκρατία, romanized: Néa Dimokratía, IPA: [ˈnea ðimokraˈti.a]) is a liberal-conservative [22] [23] [24] political party in Greece. In contemporary Greek politics , New Democracy has been the main centre-right to right wing political party and one of the two major parties along with its historic ...
It was the first party from the left wing in Greece's history to win an election. A new split in the party system ideology (created during the economic crisis) which was evident in the 2012 elections was a pro- or anti-European stance. This resulted in an unprecedented coalition between the major traditional parties New Democracy and PASOK and ...
Early parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 8 April 1990. [1] The conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis , was elected, defeating PASOK of Andreas Papandreou . In order to be able to command a majority of 151 in the 300-seat Parliament, New Democracy had to secure the support of Theodoros Katsikis, Democratic ...
The Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in on 27 June 2023, following the Greek legislative election in June 2023. [1] Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of New Democracy, was sworn in as Prime Minister of Greece on 26 June.
The liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Konstantinos Mitsotakis emerged as the largest party in Parliament, defeating PASOK of Andreas Papandreou. However, as in June 1989, Mitsotakis was unable to form a government since his party had failed to win a majority of seats.
Greek politics is strongly dynastic. Kostas Karamanlis is the nephew of Konstantinos Karamanlis, who was six times (1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1974, 1977) Prime Minister and twice President of Greece (1980–1985, 1990–1995), and the founder of New Democracy after the restoration of democracy in 1974.
New Democracy KODISO Communist Party of Greece (Interior) 5 May 1980 third vote 30 March 1985 – 4 May 1990 Christos Sartzetakis: Panhellenic Socialist Movement Communist Party of Greece: 29 March 1985 4 May 1990 – 10 March 1995 Konstantinos Karamanlis: New Democracy: 4 May 1990 second vote after elections: 10 March 1995 – 11 March 2000 ...
The Cabinet of Lucas Papademos succeeded the cabinet of George Papandreou, as an interim three-party coalition cabinet, leading a coalition government formed by the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) party, New Democracy party and Popular Orthodox Rally party, [1] after Papandreou's decision to step down, and allow a provisional coalition government to form with the task to take Greece out ...