Young Communist League of Greece ( el, Oμοσπονδία Kομμουνιστικών Nεολαιών Eλλάδας; OKNE) was the youth wing of 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 ...

. OKNE was founded on November 28, 1922. The journal ''I Neolaia'' (Η ΝΕΟΛΑΙΑ) became the official organ of OKNE.Εφημερίδα “Οδηγητής” » 28 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΗ 1922: Η ΙΔΡΥΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΟΚΝΕ
/ref> OKNE was a section of the

Communist Youth International The Young Communist International was the parallel international youth organization affiliated with the Communist International (Comintern). History International socialist youth organization before World War I After failed efforts to form an i ...

Nikolaos Zachariadis Nikos Zachariadis ( el, Νίκος Ζαχαριάδης; 27 April 1903 – 1 August 1973) was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) from 1931 to 1956, and one of the most important personalities in the Greek Civil War. Ear ...

became the leader of OKNE in 1924.
In 1925, OKNE was banned by the Greek authorities, along with the Communist Party itself and all its affiliated organizations. In 1943 OKNE was replaced by another youth organization, the

United Panhellenic Organization of Youth The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth, abbreviated EPON ( el, Ενιαία Πανελλαδική Οργάνωση Νέων (ΕΠΟΝ)), was a Greek resistance organization that was active during the Axis Occupation of Greece in World ...

(EPON).

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Youth wings of political parties in Greece Youth wings of communist parties 1922 establishments in Greece Communist Party of Greece 1925 disestablishments {{Communist-youth-org-stub

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