The National Civil Guard ( el, Εθνική Πολιτοφυλακή, ''Ethniki Politophylaki'') was the security force of the
Political Committee of National Liberation
The Political Committee of National Liberation ( el, Πολιτική Επιτροπή Εθνικής Απελευθέρωσης, ''Politiki Epitropi Ethnikis Apeleftherosis'', PEEA), commonly known as the "Mountain Government" ( el, Κυβέρ ...
(PEEA), the government that the
National Liberation Front (EAM) had established in the territory it controlled during the
Nazi occupation of Greece in 1944.
[Πολιτική Επιτροπή Εθνικής Απελευθέρωσης (1944)](_blank)
academia.edu It was the successor of the EAM'S
(OPLA).
The military commander of the National Civil Guard was
Panagiotis Nasis, a former
Greek Army
The Hellenic Army ( el, Ελληνικός Στρατός, Ellinikós Stratós, sometimes abbreviated as ΕΣ), formed in 1828, is the land force of Greece. The term ''Hellenic'' is the endogenous synonym for ''Greek''. The Hellenic Army is the ...
major general who had decided to join EAM during the occupation, while
Vasos Georgiou, a communist journalist, was appointed as political commissar of the force.
The National Civil Guard was abolished in February 1945 following the
Varkiza Agreement
Varkiza (Greek: Βάρκιζα), also Alianthos (Αλίανθος), is a suburb of greater Athens forming part of the municipality of Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni in southern Attica of the Megalo Daktylo (''Large Finger''). It lies approximately 2  ...
.
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