Democratic Party (Cyprus)
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Key facts
- Abbreviation
- DIKO
- Leader
- Nikolas Papadopoulos
- Founder
- Spyros Kyprianou
- Founded
- 12 May 1976
- Split from
- Eniaion
- Headquarters
- Nicosia , Cyprus
- Student wing
- ANAGENNISI
- Youth wing
- NE DIK (Democratic Party Youth)
- Women s wing
- GODIK
- Ideology
- Centrism , Cypriot nationalism
- Political position
- Centre
- European parliament group
- Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
- International affiliation
- Progressive Alliance
- Colours
- Blue, Orange
- House of representatives
- 8 / 56
- European parliament
- 1 / 6
- Municipal councils
- 57 / 443
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- political party
- Country
- Cyprus
- Founded by
- Spiros Cyprianou
- Headquarters
- Nicosia
- Chairperson
- Marios Garoyian
- Official website
- diko.org.cy
- Political ideology
- Greek Cypriot nationalism
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- inception
- 1976-05-12
- member of
- Progressive Alliance
- Commons category
- Democratic Rally (Cyprus)
- political alignment
- centrism
- member category
- Category:Democratic Party (Cyprus) politicians
- sRGB color hex triplet
- E07C00
- number of seats in assembly
- 1
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Encyclopedic overview
The Democratic Party (Greek: Δημοκρατικό Κόμμα (ΔΗΚΟ), Dimokratikó Kómma (DIKO)) is a centrist political party in Cyprus founded in 1976 by Spyros Kyprianou.
DIKO is variously described as centrist, centre-left or centre-right; internationally, it is a member of the Progressive Alliance, which groups together mainly centre-left parties. Among all Cypriot political parties, DIKO claims to be the most loyal follower of the policies of Archbishop Makarios, the founding father of the Republic of Cyprus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Democratic Party (Cyprus)” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.