Centre Union

…a new centre-left coalition, the Centre Union.

…immediate antecedent was the moderate Centre Union, founded by Georgios Papandreou in 1961. PASOK was established by Papandreou’s son, Andreas, who had briefly served as a minister in his father’s pre-coup Centre Union government; Andreas Papandreou led PASOK until his death in 1996. After a period of imprisonment, he had…

Georgios Papandreou, whose Centre Union Party secured a sweeping victory in 1964, responded to this need as prime minister; yet the promise of reform and modernization was cast aside with renewed crisis in Cyprus, and groups within the army conspired to subvert the country’s democratic institutions. A guerrilla…