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Originally, Gounaris was leader of the Nationalist Party (Komma Ethnikofronon) which he renamed Popular in October of 1920, after his return from exile in Corsica. Gounaris and his parliamentary candidates campaigned for withdrawal of the Greek Army from [[Asia Minor]] where it occupied as part of the [[Treaty of Sevres]] in the aftermath of [[World War I]]. The Laiko Party was triumphant in the elections of [[November 1]], 1920 and formed successive governments under Gounaris, [[Nikolaos Stratos]] and [[Petros Protopapadakis]]. However, they failed to live up to their promise of bringing the troops back home getting more entangled in [[Asia Minor]] then their Liberal predecessors had been. To complicate matters further, after the death of [[King Alexander]] on [[October 25]], [[1920]], they brought back exiled [[King Constantine I]] which cost Greece the support of her former Entente Allies. Defeat in the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]] and the subsequent [[Asia Minor disaster]] put an end to their rule as Greek military leaders overthrew the government they viewed as responsible for the national catastrophe.  
 
Originally, Gounaris was leader of the Nationalist Party (Komma Ethnikofronon) which he renamed Popular in October of 1920, after his return from exile in Corsica. Gounaris and his parliamentary candidates campaigned for withdrawal of the Greek Army from [[Asia Minor]] where it occupied as part of the [[Treaty of Sevres]] in the aftermath of [[World War I]]. The Laiko Party was triumphant in the elections of [[November 1]], 1920 and formed successive governments under Gounaris, [[Nikolaos Stratos]] and [[Petros Protopapadakis]]. However, they failed to live up to their promise of bringing the troops back home getting more entangled in [[Asia Minor]] then their Liberal predecessors had been. To complicate matters further, after the death of [[King Alexander]] on [[October 25]], [[1920]], they brought back exiled [[King Constantine I]] which cost Greece the support of her former Entente Allies. Defeat in the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]] and the subsequent [[Asia Minor disaster]] put an end to their rule as Greek military leaders overthrew the government they viewed as responsible for the national catastrophe.  
  
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Revision as of 14:10, May 31, 2006

Laiko Komma (Popular Party) was the conservative political Party founded by Dimitrios Gounaris, main opposition leader to Eleftherios Venizelos and the Liberal Party (Komma Fileleftheron).

Originally, Gounaris was leader of the Nationalist Party (Komma Ethnikofronon) which he renamed Popular in October of 1920, after his return from exile in Corsica. Gounaris and his parliamentary candidates campaigned for withdrawal of the Greek Army from Asia Minor where it occupied as part of the Treaty of Sevres in the aftermath of World War I. The Laiko Party was triumphant in the elections of November 1, 1920 and formed successive governments under Gounaris, Nikolaos Stratos and Petros Protopapadakis. However, they failed to live up to their promise of bringing the troops back home getting more entangled in Asia Minor then their Liberal predecessors had been. To complicate matters further, after the death of King Alexander on October 25, 1920, they brought back exiled King Constantine I which cost Greece the support of her former Entente Allies. Defeat in the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) and the subsequent Asia Minor disaster put an end to their rule as Greek military leaders overthrew the government they viewed as responsible for the national catastrophe.

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