National Committee

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The National Committee (Greek: Εθνικό Κομιτάτο) was a Greek political party founded by Epameinondas Deligiorgis.

Key Information

National Committee Εθνικό Κομιτάτο
Leader	Epameinondas Deligiorgis
Founded	1865 (1865)
Dissolved	1879 (1879)
Headquarters	Athens
Newspaper	"The Orient's Future"
Ideology	Liberalism Parliamentarism Cultural imperialism
Political position	Centre
Politics of Greece Political parties Elections
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The party was founded in 1865, and was composed by young revolutionaries who helped to overthrow King Otto, ending his semi-absolutist reign. The party wasn't linked with the traditional parties (English, French and Russian), and wasn't associated with a particular ideology.^[1] The National Committee tried to establish a strong parliamentary system, along with economic modernization, supporting the creation of infrastructures. It also campaigned for a military reform and a cultural expansion in the Ottoman Empire.

However, the absence of a strong party's apparatus caused its dissolution after Deligiorgis' death in 1879.^[2]