People's Party (Greece)

People's Party
Λαϊκὸν Κόμμα
FounderDimitrios Gounaris
Founded1920
Dissolved1958
Preceded byNationalist Party
Merged intoNational Radical Union
IdeologyMonarchism[1]
Conservatism
Anti-Venizelism
Political positionRight-wing
Colours  Blue

The People's Party or Populist Party (Greek: Λαϊκὸν Κόμμα, romanizedLaïkòn Kómma) was a conservative and pro-monarchist Greek political party founded by Dimitrios Gounaris, the main political rival of Eleftherios Venizelos and his Liberal Party. The party existed from 1920 until 1958.

  1. ^ Roudometof, Victor (2002), Collective Memory, National Identity, and Ethnic Conflict: Greece, Bulgaria, and the Macedonian Question, Praeger Publishers, p. 98