New Democracy
 New Democracy  (Greece/Political party)    | |
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| Formation | 4 October 1974 |
| Founder | Konstantinos Karamanlis |
| Headquarters |  Athens, Greece |
| Member of | International Democrat Union |
| One of the two major parties in Greece. Received CIA aid to win elections. | |
New Democracy (Greek: Νέα Δημοκρατία) (ND) is a liberal-conservative political party in Greece.
History
In contemporary Greek politics, New Democracy has been the main centre-right to right wing political party and one of the two major parties along with its historic rival, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). New Democracy and PASOK were created in the wake of the toppling of the military junta in 1974, ruling Greece in succession for the next four decades.
New Democracy played a main role in creating the fiscal crisis that then was used by international bankers against Greece in the late 2000s to the 2010s.
Assistance from the CIA
In 2001, retired general Nikos Gryllakis, a former senior aide of Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis claimed in a televised interview that the Central Intelligence Agency had offered and provided help to defeat the ruling PASOK party in elections in 1988. At the time, Gryllakis was Mitsotakis' closest aide on intelligence issues and personal envoy to other countries. Mitsotakis called Gryllakis' claim a figment of the imagination.[1]
Gryllakis' claims prompted an Athenian television station to claim that the CIA had provided Mitsotakis with prior warning before the November 17 "terrorists group" killed his son-in-law, Pavlos Bakoyiannis, a member of Parliament, in September 1989.[1]
Party Members
| Politician | Born | Died | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Alogoskoufis | 17 October 1955 | Greek economist and minister Minister of Economy and Finance from 2004 to 2009, where is accounting tricks to increase debt led to the 2010 Greece/Debt crisis. He attended all Bilderberg meetings from 2005 until 2009. | |
| Dora Bakoyannis | 6 May 1954 | Double Bilderberg Greek politician in well-connected family. Daughter and sister of Prime Minsters. | |
| Konstantinos Karamanlis | 8 March 1907 | 23 April 1998 | President and Prime Minister of Greece on multiple occasions from 1955-1995 |
| Kostas Karamanlis | 14 September 1956 | Attended the 1998 Bilderberg as Greece's Leader of the Opposition | |
| Kostas Karras | 21 June 1936 | 6 May 2012 | Greek actor and politician. Bilderberg Steering committee, 19 Bilderbergs |
| Panayotis Lambrias | 1 September 1926 | 3 March 2001 | Assistant Minister to the Office of the Greek Prime Minister |
| Stephanos Manos | 20 December 1939 | Greek politician who went to the 1986, 1993 and 2001 Bilderbergs | |
| Kyriakos Mitsotakis | 4 March 1968 | Double Bilderberger politician active in discriminating against non-recipients of COVID injections. | |
| Yannis Papathanasiou | 1 January 1954 | Attended the 2009 Bilderberg as Greek Minister of the Economy and Finance | |
| Andonis Samaras | 23 May 1951 | A dormitory roommate of another Prime Minister of Greece | |
| Helen Vlachos | 18 December 1911 | 14 October 1995 | Greek Bilderberg publisher |
