Provisional Democratic Government

Provisional Democratic Government
Προσωρινή Δημοκρατική Κυβέρνηση
Prosoriní Dimokratikí Kyvérnisi
1944/1947–1950 (in exile)
Emblem of the DSE of Greece
Emblem of the DSE
Motto: "Ψυχή βαθιά!"
Deep Soul!
Psihí Vathià[citation needed]
Anthem: Ύμνος του ΔΣΕ
Anthem of DSE
Ímnos tou DSE
StatusCommunist Party of Greece-dominated government
CapitalGramos (de facto)
Official languagesGreek
Common languagesDemotic Greek
Religion
Secular state
GovernmentProvisional government
Chairman of the Provisional government 
• 1947–1949
Markos Vafiadis
• 1949–1950 (in exile)
Dimitrios Partsalidis
KKE General Secretary 
• 1931–1956
Nikos Zachariadis
Historical eraCold War
• Established
24 December 1944/1947
• Disestablished
October 1950 (in exile)
CurrencyGreek drachma (₯)
ISO 3166 codeGR
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Greece
Political Committee of National Liberation
Kingdom of Greece
Today part of Greece

The Provisional Democratic Government (Greek: Προσωρινή Δημοκρατική Κυβέρνηση, romanizedProsoriní Dimokratikí Kyvérnisi) was the name of the administration declared by the Communist Party of Greece on 24 December 1947, during the Greek Civil War. The government controlled various mountainous areas along Greece's northern border, adjoining the communist states of SFR Yugoslavia and Albania, and was seen as the succession of the World War II-era "Mountain Government" of the Communist-led EAM-ELAS Resistance movement. Its main allies were the USSR and the Eastern Bloc.