The Liberal Party () 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,"Libertas candidates sign petition for democracy at Rome Convention" the party run under the title "Liberal Party – Libertas.eu" () for the 2009 European Parliament elections.
Electoral results Results, 1989–1990(year links to election page)YearType of ElectionVotes%Mandates 1981 Parliament 20,645 0.36 0 1985 Parliament 10,551 0.2 0 June 1989 Parliament 9,001 0.1 0 1989 European Parliament 26,040 0.40 0 November 1989 Parliament 5,125 0.1 0 2000 Parliament 2,091 0.03 0 2004 Parliament 2,658 0.0 0 2007 Parliament 3,092 0.04 0 2009 European Parliament 6,485 0.13 0 May 2012 Parliament 3,618 0.06 0 June 2012 Parliament 623 0.01 0
References
External links Official website of Liberal Party