The National Political Union ( el, Εθνική Πολιτική Ένωσις (EΠΕΝ), ''Ethniki Politiki Enosis'' (EPEN)) was a far-right political party in

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...

. The party was founded on January 30, 1984 by jailed former junta leader

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 ...

."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: *

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* Chrysanthos Dimitriadis * Spyros Zournatzis

Electoral results

References

Political parties established in 1984 Defunct nationalist parties in Greece Anti-communist parties Fascism in Greece Neo-fascist parties {{Greece-party-stub

Members of EPEN

Electoral results

See also

References