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The '''Liberal Democratic Center''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] Φιλελεύθερον Δημοκρατικόν Κέντρον - ΦΙ.ΔΗ.Κ. - FIDIK) was a curious centre-right political party founded in [[1965]] by some 45 members of the [[Hellenic Parliament]] that defected from the majority [[Center Union]] party of [[Georgios Papandreou]].

[[King Constantine II]] put up, in succession, three of its members for the post of PM of [[Greece]]: poet [[Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas]], former leftist politician [[Elias Tsirimokos]] and finally [[Stephanos Stephanopoulos]] who, unlike the previous two, actually did obtain a vote of confidence in Parliament. That government was brought down in [[1966]] when the conservative [[National Radical Union]], on which FIDIK depended for support, decided to withdraw that support. 

FIDIK ceased to exist after the coup d'etat of [[April 21]], [[1967]].

Among its members were:
*[[Constantine Mitsotakis]]
*[[Petros Garoufalias]]
*[[Theocharis Rentis]]
*[[Ioannis Tsouderos]]
*[[Emmanouil Kothris]]
*[[Ioannis Toumbas]]
*[[Stavros Kostopoulos]]
*[[Dimitrios Papaspyrou]]
*[[Stelios Alamanis]]
*[[Georgios Bakatselos]]
*[[Athanasios Roussopoulos]]
*[[Christos Vasmatzidis]]
*[[Dimitrios Kostis]]
*[[Alexandros Vernikos]]
*[[Christos Apostolakos]]
*[[Christos Avramidis]]
*[[Evangelos Dendrinos]]


[[Category:Defunct Political Parties]]