Politically Independent Alignment

Politically Independent Alignment
Πολιτική Ανεξάρτητος Παράταξις
President Konstantinos Maniadakis
Founded 1949/50
Dissolved 1951
Merged into Greek Rally
Ideology Greek nationalism
Anti-communism
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

  1. 1 2 Legg, Keith R. (1969). Politics in Modern Greece. Stanford University Press. p. 331.
  2. ↑ McHale, Vincent E.; Skowronski, Sharon, eds. (1983). Political parties of Europe. 1. Greenwood Press. p. 347.
  3. 1 2 3 Davies, Peter; Lynch, Derek (2002). The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right. Routledge. p. 331.
  4. 1 2 Clogg, Richard (1987). Parties and Elections in Greece: The Search for Legitimacy. Hurst & Co. p. xiii.


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