The Liberal Party () was a

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liberal political party, founded in 1981, which claimed to be the continuation of the historical

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, one of Greece's leading parties for most of the early 20th century. The party was founded by

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, grandson of the original party's founder and leader,

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. Since 1999, the party was led by the retired military officer Manolis Kalligiannis (Μανώλης Καλλιγιάννης, sometimes referred to as Emmanuel Kalligiannis). After Kalligiannis attended the Rome convention of the

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pan-European alliance Libertas.eu in May 2009,"Libertas candidates sign petition for democracy at Rome Convention"
the party run under the title "Liberal Party – Libertas.eu" () for the 2009 European Parliament elections.

Electoral results

References

External links

Official website of ''Liberal Party''
{{Libertas topics Liberal parties in Greece Libertas.eu Political parties established in 1980 1980 establishments in Greece