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Democratic Union

Δημοκρατική Ένωσις
Democratic Union Δημοκρατική Ένωσις
Leader	Georgios Papandreou
Founded	1956
Dissolved	1957
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The Democratic Union (Greek: Δημοκρατική Ένωσις, abbr. ΔΕ) was a coalition of seven Greek political parties for the elections of 1956.

The core of the Democratic Union consisted of the Centre parties:

Liberal Democratic Union, led by Sofoklis Venizelos;
Liberal Party led by Georgios Papandreou;
Peasants and Workers Party (KAE) led by Alexadros Baltatzis.
National Progressive Center Union (EPEK) led by Savas Papapolitis;

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The left-wing parties had already formed their own electoral alliance named National Movement for Change

United Democratic Left (EDA) led by Ilias Iliou;
Democratic Party of Working People led by Alexandros Svolos and Georgios Kartalis;

The Democratic Centre and the National Movement Joined as the "Democratic Union" in January 1956.

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^ https://www.kathimerini.gr/society/766579/oi-ekloges-toy-1956/

[1] ttps://www.kathimerini.gr/society/766579/oi-ekloges-toy-1956/

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+{{More citations needed|date=March 2024}}
 {{Infobox political party
-| country     = Greece
+| country          = Greece
-| party_name  =  Liberal Democratic Union
+| name             = Democratic Union
-| native_name = {{Lang|el|Φιλελεύθερη Δημοκρατική Ένωση}}
+| native_name      = {{Lang|el|Δημοκρατική Ένωσις}}
-| logo        =
+| logo             = Δημοκρατική Ένωσις-01-01.svg
-| leader      = [[Sofoklis Venizelos]]
+| leader           = [[Georgios Papandreou]]
-| foundation  = 1956
+| foundation       = 1956
-| dissolved   = 1957
+| dissolved        = 1957
-| split       =
+| successor        =
+| ideology         =
-| ideology    = [[Liberalism]], [[Venizelism]] <br> [[Centrism]] <br> [[Democratic socialism]] <br> [[Liberal Conservatism]] <br> [[National Conservatism]]
-| position    = [[Big tent]], [[Centre-left]]
+| position         =
-| colorcode   = orange
+| colorcode        = orange
 }}
-{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}
-The '''Liberal Democratic Union''' ({{lang-el|Φιλελεύθερη Δημοκρατική Ένωση, abbr. ΦΙΔΕ}}) was a coalition of six [[Greece|Greek]] [[political party|political parties]] for the [[Greek legislative election, 1956|elections of 1956]].
+The '''Democratic Union''' ({{lang-el|Δημοκρατική Ένωσις, abbr. ΔΕ}}) was a coalition of seven [[Greece|Greek]] [[political party|political parties]] for the [[1956 Greek legislative election|elections of 1956]].
-Its main leader was [[Sofoklis Venizelos]]. Members to the coalition were:
-* [[Liberal Party (Greece)|Liberal Party]]
+The core of the Democratic Union consisted of the Centre parties:
-* [[United Democratic Left|United Democratic Left]]
+* [[Liberal Democratic Union (Greece)|Liberal Democratic Union]], led by [[Sofoklis Venizelos]];
-* [[National Progressive Center Union]]
-* [[People's Party (Greece)|People's Party]]
+* [[Liberal Party (Greece)|Liberal Party]] led by Georgios Papandreou;
+* [[Peasants and Workers Party]] (KAE) led by Alexadros Baltatzis.
-* [[Democratic Party of Working People]]
+* [[National Progressive Center Union]] (EPEK) led by [[Savas Papapolitis]];
-* [[Peasants and Workers Party]]
+<ref>https://www.kathimerini.gr/society/766579/oi-ekloges-toy-1956/</ref>
+The left-wing parties had already formed their own electoral alliance named '''National Movement for Change'''
+* [[United Democratic Left]] (EDA) led by [[Ilias Iliou]];
+* [[Democratic Party of Working People]] led by [[Alexandros Svolos]] and [[Georgios Kartalis]];
+The Democratic Centre and the National Movement Joined as the "Democratic Union" in January 1956.
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+[[Category:Defunct political party alliances in Greece]]
+[[Category:1950s in Greek politics]]
 [[Category:Political parties established in 1956]]
-[[Category:Coalitions of parties in Greece]]
-[[Category:Liberal parties in Greece]]
-[[Category:Defunct political parties in Greece]]
 [[Category:1956 establishments in Greece]]
+[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 1957]]