The Lebanon conference ( el, Συνέδριο του Λιβάνου) was held on May 17–20, 1944, between representatives of the

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, the pre-war Greek political parties, and the major Greek Resistance organizations, with the British ambassador

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in attendance. The conference occurred after an anti-monarchist mutiny among the Greek military the previous month. PM

Georgios Papandreou Georgios Papandreou ( ''Geórgios Papandréou''; 13 February 1888 – 1 November 1968) was a Greek politician, the founder of the Papandreou political dynasty. He served three terms as prime minister of Greece (1944–1945, 1963, 1964–196 ...

's policy was to create a National Unity government ("National Contract") with the participation of the communist-dominated EAM. Finally there was a partial agreement, though tensions and disagreements remained.

Delegates

, Prime Minister of the Greek government in exile *

Sofoklis Venizelos Sofoklis Venizelos (, also transliterated as Sophocles Venizelos) (3 November 1894 – 7 February 1964) was a Greek politician, who three times served as Prime Minister of Greece – in 1944 (in exile), 1950 and 1950–1951. Life and career Ve ...

, , and of the

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* for the People's Party * for the National People's Party () * Georgios Sakalis for the

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* for the * Ioannis Sofianopoulos for the Union of the Left (Ένωση Αριστερών) *

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for the National Unionist Party * as independent *

Alexandros Svolos Alexandros Svolos ( el, Αλέξανδρος Σβώλος; 1892, Kruševo, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire – 22 February 1956, Athens, Greece) was a prominent Greek legal expert, who also served as president of the Political Committee of Natio ...

as President of the

Political Committee of National Liberation The Political Committee of National Liberation ( el, Πολιτική Επιτροπή Εθνικής Απελευθέρωσης, ''Politiki Epitropi Ethnikis Apeleftherosis'', PEEA), commonly known as the "Mountain Government" ( el, Κυβέρ ...

(PEEA), with and , members of PEEA * , Communist Party of Greece (KKE) * and , National Liberation Front (EAM), Greece's largest resistance organization, KKE-controlled * Stefanos Sarafis,

ELAS The Greek People's Liberation Army ( el, Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός (ΕΛΑΣ), ''Ellinikós Laïkós Apeleftherotikós Stratós'' (ELAS) was the military arm of the left-wing National Liberat ...

, armed wing of EAM *

Komninos Pyromaglou Komninos Pyromaglou ( el, Κομνηνός Πυρομάγλου; 1899 – 15 December 1980), was a Greek teacher and politician, and one of the driving forces behind the foundation of the National Republican Greek League (EDES), the second-largest ...

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, pro-Republican resistance organization, with Lieutenant-colonel S. Metaxas and Captain I. Metaxas *

Georgios Kartalis Georgios Kartalis ( el, Γεώργιος Καρτάλης, 1908–1957) was a Greek politician. Early life and political career Kartalis was born in Athens to a distinguished family from Volos. He went to school in Geneva and enrolled in the ET ...

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, pro-Republican resistance organization *

Konstantinos Ventiris Konstantinos Ventiris ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Βεντήρης, 1892–1960) was a Hellenic Army officer who rose to the rank of lieutenant general. He served twice as Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff and was one of the senior gover ...

, general in the army of the Greek government in exile, with

Sources

* C.M. Woodhouse, ''Modern Greece'', Faber and Faber, 1998 * * Greece in World War II Political history of Greece 1944 in Greece 1944 in Lebanon May 1944 events 1944 conferences Georgios Papandreou {{Greece-hist-stub