Liberal Party (Greece, modern)
The Liberal Party is a Greek liberal political party, founded in 1981, which claims to be the continuation of the historical Liberal Party, one of Greece's leading parties for most of the early 20th century. The current party was founded by Nikitas Venizelos, grandson of the original party's founder and leader, Eleftherios Venizelos.
Since 1999, the party is led by the retired military officer Manolis Kalligiannis. After Kalligiannis attended the Rome convention of the eurosceptic pan-European alliance Libertas.eu in May 2009, the party run under the title "Liberal Party – Libertas.eu" for the 2009 European Parliament elections.
