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{{Politics of Cyprus}}
The '''Movement for Social Democracy''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Κίνημα Σοσιαλδημοκρατών) is a social-democratic political party in [[Cyprus]]. It is led by [[Yiannakis Omirou]].

In the [[2001]] general elections it won 6.5% of the votes case and 4 of the 56 seats in the [[House of Representatives of Cyprus]]. In the [[Cypriot legislative election, 2006|elections of 21 May 2006]], the party won 8.9 % and 5 out of 56 seats. It is a member of the Party of European Socialists.

The party was founded by doctor [[Vasos Lyssaridis]] in [[1970]] with the name [[EDEK]]. Members were drawn from the committee for re-establishment of democracy in Greece, and fighters from Lyssaridis's group during the [[1964]] clashes between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. The party supported president [[Makarios III]] and a lot of its members were part of the armed resistance to the [[July 15]], [[1974]] coup against him. The leader of the youth section of the party, Doros Loizou, was shot and killed in an attempt to murder Lyssaridis himself in August [[1974]].

Several members of the party's youth section (EDEN) with trotskyist tendencies were expelled between [[1979]]-[[1984]] and formed "Aristeri Pteryga" (Left Wing).

==External link==
*[http://www.edek.org.cy/ Official web site]

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-The '''Movement for Social Democracy''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Κίνημα Σοσιαλδημοκρατών) is a social-democratic political party in [[Cyprus]]. It is led by [[Yiannakis Omirou]].
+The '''Movement for Social Democracy''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Κίνημα Σοσιαλδημοκρατών - "KISOS") is a social-democratic political party in [[Cyprus]]. It is led by [[Yiannakis Omirou]].
 In the [[2001]] general elections it won 6.5% of the votes case and 4 of the 56 seats in the [[House of Representatives of Cyprus]].  In the [[Cypriot legislative election, 2006|elections of 21 May 2006]], the party won 8.9 % and 5 out of 56 seats. It is a member of the Party of European Socialists.