The National Political Union ( el, Εθνική Πολιτική Ένωσις (EΠΕΝ), ''Ethniki Politiki Enosis'' (EPEN)) was a
far-right political party in
Greece
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. The party was founded on January 30, 1984 by jailed former
junta
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Government and military
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leader
Georgios Papadopoulos
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.
"Jailed Greek Dictator Sponsors Rightist Party"
''New York Times'', 30 January 1984. It participated (unsuccessfully) in the 1985 general election. In the 1984 elections to the European Parliament, the party polled 2.3% of the vote, giving it one of the 24 seats held by Greece.
Members of EPEN
Well-known members of EPEN were:
*Georgios Papadopoulos
Geórgios Papadopoulos (; el, Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος ; 5 May 1919 – 27 June 1999) was a Greeks, Greek military officer and political leader who ruled Greece as a military dictator from 1967 to 1973. He joined the Hellenic ...
*Makis Voridis
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*Nikolaos Michaloliakos
Nikolaos G. Michaloliakos ( el, Νικόλαος Γ. Μιχαλολιάκος, ; born 11 December 1957) is a Greek politician and convicted criminal. He is the founder and leader of the far-right party Golden Dawn. In October 2020, he and 67 oth ...
* Chrysanthos Dimitriadis
* Spyros Zournatzis
Electoral results
See also
* National Political Union (1946)
References
Political parties established in 1984
Defunct nationalist parties in Greece
Anti-communist parties
Fascism in Greece
Neo-fascist parties
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