Greek Radical Movement (

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: Ελληνικό Ριζοσπαστικό Κίνημα) was a Greek

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

founded by

Antonis Tritsis Antonis Tritsis (; 1937 – 7 April 1992) was a Greek politician and urban planner, born and raised in the town of Argostoli on the island of Cephalonia. During his youth, he was an athlete of Panathinaikos A.O. A founding member of the Panhel ...

on May 19, 1989. It continued to exist until April 1992.

was a founding member of

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(PASOK). However, he was expelled by

Andreas Papandreou Andreas Georgiou Papandreou (, ; 5 February 1919 – 23 June 1996) was a Greek academic and economist who founded the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and served three terms as Prime minister of Greece, prime minister of Third Hellenic Repu ...

for voting against the party regarding the PASOK's corruption in the

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. In the 1989 June elections, the Greek Radical Movement party received 4,162 votes and gained 0.1%. In the European election of 1989, it garnered 0.62% of the vote. The following year, in the local elections of 1990,

decided to run for the

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. He sent a letter to the leaders of all political parties and asked for their support. On October 14, 1990, Tritsis elected

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as the leader of a coalition between

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and the Greek Radical Movement.

References

{{reflist Political parties established in 1989 Defunct political parties in Greece Radical parties