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'''AKEL''' (Greek ''Anorthotiko Komma Ergazomenou Laou'' - Progressive Party of the Working People) is the communist party in [[Cyprus]].

At the last legislative elections in Cyprus, [[May 27]], [[2001]], the party won 34.7 % of the popular vote and 20 out of 56 seats.
It was founded in [[1926]] with the name Communist Party of Cyprus (KKK). The communist party was supporting the independence of Cyprus and opposed [[Enosis]] (union with [[Greece]]) which was the main aim of the Greek Cypriot right wing. The party became illegal in [[1931]] when the British colonial government imposed restrictions in civil rights following anti-colonial protests. In [[1941]], leading members of the underground communist party and others founded AKEL. In the first municipal elections in [[1943]] (before that mayors were appointed) AKEL candidates became mayors of [[Limassol]] ([[Ploutis Servas]]) and [[Famagusta]] (Adam Adamantos).
List of general secretaries:

* [[1936]]-[[1945]] [[Ploutis Servas]]
* [[1945]]-[[1949]] Fifis Ioannou
* [[1949]]-[[1989]] Ezekias Papaioannou (a veteran of the [[Spanish Civil War]])
* [[1989]]-present [[Dimitris Christofias]]

AKEL unlike its predecessor was not against Enosis but supported a gradual process, starting off with a constitution and self government while Cyprus would remain a colony, leading to self determination and [[Enosis]]. After the failure of the consultative assembly in [[1949]] to grant a constitution acceptable to the cypriot members, AKEL changed line, supporting immediate Enosis with no intermediate stages.

During the late fifties AKEL opposed to the use of violence by [[EOKA]]. For this reason its members were considered traitors.

At about [[1958]], the Turkish Cypriot nationalist organization TMT started forcing Turkish Cypriot members of AKEL to leave. The Editor of a workers' newspaper ''Fazil Onder'' was killed and the head of the Turkish bureau of [[PEO]] (AKEL's trade union) Ahmet Sadi moved to the UK to save his life.

In the first presidential elections for independent Cyprus, AKEL backed [[Ioannis Clerides]] (father of [[Glafkos Clerides]]) against [[Makarios III]]. The last Turkish Cypriot to be a member of the central committee of AKEL, Derviş Ali Kavazoğlu was killed by TMT in [[1965]].

It is a member of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left in the European Parliament. Cyprus joined the EU in [[2004]].

It supports an independent, demilitarised and non-aligned Cyprus, and a federal solution of the internal aspect of the [[Cyprus dispute|Cyprus problem]]. It places particular emphasis on re-approchement with the Turkish Cypriots.

==See also==
*[[Co-ordinating Committee of Communist Parties in Britain]]

==External Link==
[http://www.akel.org.cy/English/akel.html AKEL's web site in English]

[[Category:Political parties in Cyprus]]

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 * [[1945]]-[[1949]] Fifis Ioannou
 * [[1949]]-[[1988]] [[Ezekias Papaioannou]]
-* [[1988]]-present [[Dimitris Christofias]]
+* [[1988]]-[[2009]] [[Dimitris Christofias]]
-AKEL unlike its predecessor was not against Enosis but supported a gradual process, starting off with a constitution and self government while Cyprus would remain a colony, leading to self determination and [[Enosis]]. After the failure of the consultative assembly in [[1949]] to grant a constitution acceptable to the cypriot members, AKEL changed line, supporting immediate Enosis with no intermediate stages.
+AKEL, unlike its predecessor, was not against [[Enosis]] but supported a gradual process, starting off with a constitution and self government while Cyprus would remain a colony, leading to self determination and [[Enosis]]. After the failure of the consultative assembly in [[1949]] to grant a constitution acceptable to the Cypriot members, AKEL changed line, supporting immediate Enosis with no intermediate stages.
-During the late fifties AKEL opposed to the use of violence by [[EOKA]]. For this reason its members were considered traitors.
+During the late fifties AKEL opposed the use of violence by [[EOKA]]. For this reason its members were considered traitors.
 At about [[1958]], the Turkish Cypriot nationalist organization TMT started forcing Turkish Cypriot members of AKEL to leave. The Editor of a workers' newspaper ''Fazil Onder'' was killed and the head of the Turkish bureau of [[PEO]] (AKEL's trade union) Ahmet Sadi moved to the UK to save his life.
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 It is a member of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left in the European Parliament. Cyprus joined the EU in [[2004]].
-It supports an independent, demilitarised and non-aligned Cyprus, and a federal solution of the internal aspect of the [[Cyprus dispute|Cyprus problem]]. It places particular emphasis on re-approchement with the Turkish Cypriots.
+It supports an independent, demilitarised and non-aligned Cyprus, and a federal solution of the internal aspect of the [[Cyprus dispute|Cyprus problem]]. It places particular emphasis on rapprochement with the Turkish Cypriots.

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	'''AKEL''' (Greek ''Anorthotiko Komma Ergazomenou Laou'' - Progressive Party of the Working People) is the communist party in [[Cyprus]].		'''AKEL''' (Greek ''Anorthotiko Komma Ergazomenou Laou'' - Progressive Party of the Working People) is the communist party in [[Cyprus]].

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 It supports an independent, demilitarised and non-aligned Cyprus, and a federal solution of the internal aspect of the [[Cyprus dispute|Cyprus problem]]. It places particular emphasis on re-approchement with the Turkish Cypriots.
-==See also==
 ==External Link==