Communist Party of Greece

Communist Party of Greece

Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας
Communist Party of Greece Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας
Abbreviation	KKE
General Secretary	Dimitris Koutsoumpas
Founders	Demosthenes Ligdopoulos; Stamatis Kokkinos; Michael Sideris; Nikos Demetratos; Nikos Giannios; Avraam Benaroya; Michael Oikonomou; Spyros Komiotis ; Giorgos Pispinis; Aristos Arvanitis
Founded	4 November 1918 as "SEKE"
Legalised	1974
Banned	1936
Headquarters	145 Leof. Irakliou, 142 31 Athens (Nea Ionia)
Newspaper	Rizospastis
Student wing	Panspoudastiki
Youth wing	Communist Youth of Greece
Trade union wing	All-Workers Militant Front
Ideology	Communism; Marxism-Leninism; Hard Euroscepticism; Left-wing conservatism
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	National Liberation Front (1941–1946); Coalition of the Left and Progress (1989–1991)
European affiliation	European Communist Action (2023–present); Historical:; INITIATIVE (2013–2023)
European Parliament group	Non-Inscrits
International affiliation	International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP)
Slogan	Προλετάριοι όλων των χωρών, ενωθείτε!; ('Proletarians of all countries, unite')
Anthem	The Internationale
Parliament	21 / 300
European Parliament	2 / 21
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
	kke.gr
	Politics of Greece; Political parties; Elections;

The Communist Party of Greece (Greek: Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, ΚΚΕ; Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas, KKE) is a Marxist–Leninist political party in Greece. It was founded in 1918 as the Socialist Workers' Party of Greece (SEKE) and adopted its current name in November 1924. It is the oldest political party in modern Greek politics.

The party was banned in 1936, but played a significant role in the Greek resistance and the Greek Civil War, and its membership peaked in the mid-1940s. Legalization of the KKE was restored following the fall of the Greek Junta (χούντα) in 1974. The party has achieved appointing MPs in all elections since its restoration in 1974, and took part in a coalition government in 1989 when it got more than 13% of the vote.

The KKE is a member of the International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP) and the European Communist Action (ECA).