Communist Party of Greece
Communist Party of Greece Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας | |
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| Abbreviation | KKE |
| General Secretary | Dimitris Koutsoumpas |
| Founders | List
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| Founded | 17 November 1918 [O.S. 4 November] as "SEKE" |
| Legalised | 1974 |
| Banned | 1936 |
| Headquarters | 145 Leof. Irakliou, 142 31 Athens (Nea Ionia) |
| Newspaper | Rizospastis |
| Student wing | Panspoudastiki |
| Youth wing | Communist Youth of Greece |
| Trade union wing | All-Workers Militant Front |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism-Leninism Social conservatism Hard Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation | National Liberation Front (1941–1946) Coalition of the Left and Progress (1989–1991) |
| European affiliation | European Communist Action (2023–present) Historical: INITIATIVE (2013–2023) |
| European Parliament group | Non-Inscrits |
| International affiliation | International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP) |
| Slogan | Προλετάριοι όλων των χωρών, ενωθείτε! ('Proletarians of all countries, unite') |
| Anthem | The Internationale |
| Parliament | 21 / 300 |
| European Parliament | 2 / 21 |
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| Website | |
| kke.gr | |
^ A: The party is also described as left-conservative, or left-authoritarian, given its conservative stances on social issues. | |
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The Communist Party of Greece (Greek: Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, romanized: Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas, KKE) is a Marxist–Leninist political party in Greece. It was founded in 1918 as the Socialist Workers' Party of Greece (SEKE) and adopted its current name in November 1924. It is the oldest political party in modern Greek politics.
The party was banned in 1936, but played a significant role in the Greek resistance and the Greek Civil War, and its membership peaked in the mid-1940s. Legalization of the KKE was restored following the fall of the Greek Junta in 1974. The party has achieved appointing MPs in all elections since its restoration in 1974, and took part in a coalition government in 1989 when it got more than 13% of the vote.
The KKE participates in the International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP) and the European Communist Action (ECA).
The KKE describes itself as a revolutionary party that wants to build a socialist-communist society through the dictatorship of the proletariat. In addition to being a communist party, it has also been described as Stalinist, nationalist or left-wing nationalist, economic nationalist, socially conservative, culturally conservative, and anti-imperialist.