Liberal Party (Greece, modern)

Liberal Party (Greece)
Leader	Manolis Kalligiannis
Founded	1980 (claimed 1910)
Dissolved	2012
Ideology	Liberalism Liberal democracy Venizelism
European affiliation	Libertas.eu
Website
http://www.liberalparty.gr/
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The Liberal Party (Greek: Κόμμα Φιλελευθέρων) was a Greek liberal political party, founded in 1981, which claimed to be the continuation of the historical Liberal Party, one of Greece's leading parties for most of the early 20th century. The party was founded by Nikitas Venizelos, grandson of the original party's founder and leader, Eleftherios Venizelos.

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 eurosceptic pan-European alliance Libertas.eu in May 2009,^[1] the party run under the title "Liberal Party – Libertas.eu" (Greek: Κόμμα Φιλελευθέρων – Libertas.eu) for the 2009 European Parliament elections.