The Communist Party of Greece, Interior (), usually abbreviated as KKE Interior (Greek: ''ΚΚΕ Εσωτερικού''), was a
Eurocommunist party existing between 1968 and 1987 in
Greece.
The party was formed after the
Communist Party of Greece
The Communist Party of Greece ( el, Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, ''Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas'', KKE) is a political party in Greece.
Founded in 1918 as the Socialist Labour Party of Greece and adopted its curren ...
(''KKE'') suffered a major split following the 1968
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia and the suppression of the
Prague Spring
The Prague Spring ( cs, Pražské jaro, sk, Pražská jar) was a period of political liberalization and mass protest in
the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. It began on 5 January 1968, when reformist Alexander Dubček was elected First Sec ...
. KKE Interior essentially broke ties with KKE's ideological supervision by the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
"Hymn of the Bolshevik Party"
, headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow
, general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last)
, founded =
, banned =
, founder = Vladimir Lenin
, newspaper ...
and later established bonds with parties such as the
Italian Communist Party (PCI), adopting a Eurocommunist perspective.
KKE Interior was greatly active in the struggle against the
Regime of the Colonels that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974 through the Panhellenic Antidictatorial Front (abbrev. ''ΠΑΜ'') and its youth wing, the
Greek Communist Youth – Rigas Feraios The Greek Communist Youth «Rigas Feraios» ( el, Ελληνική Κομμουνιστική Νεολαία «Ρήγας Φεραίος», abbreviated EKON Rigas Feraios, ''ΕΚΟΝ Ρήγας Φεραίος'') was a communist youth organization in ...
. During the period that followed the overturn of the Regime of the Colonels, known as the
Metapolitefsi, the party remained electorally active, either on its own or in broader leftist coalitions. KKE Interior was dissolved some months after its 4th Congress in 1986, splitting into two: the
Communist Party of Greece (Interior)-Renewing Left and the
Greek Left.
Through different routes, both would end up part of the
Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA).
Notable members
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Euclid Tsakalotos
Electoral results
References
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Defunct communist parties in Greece
Resistance to the Greek junta
Political parties established in 1968
Political parties disestablished in 1987