Panhellenic Socialist Movement

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Panhellenic Socialist Movement Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα
Abbreviation	PASOK
President	Nikos Androulakis
Founder	Andreas Papandreou
Founded	3 September 1974
Political orientation	Social Democracy Imperialism
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	Panhellenic Socialist Movement - Movement for Change
Colours	Green
Anthem	Ο ήλιος ο πράσινος (The green sun)

PASOK is a social democratic party in Greece.

History

Orthodox Period (1974-1996)

Andreas Papandreou founded PASOK along with other anti-Junta resistance members in 1974.

Andreas Papandreou remained president until his death in 1996.

Modernization Period (1996-2009)

After Papandreou's death, party elections happened. Costas Simitis and his more centrist, imperialist "modernizers" wing took over the party, beating the rival "orthodox" faction of Akis Tzochatzopoulos, a corrupt minister of Papandreou's governments. The party's positions changed radically since then, with it adopting a very pro-EU stance. Corruption with in the party and its governments skyrocketed as well.

In 2004, Simitis resigned from the party leadership and George Papandreou, the son of Andreas Papandreou took over. He led the party to a victory in 2009, getting 43%. This was due to New Democracy rapidly losing its voting base (see below).

Collapse and coalitions (2012-present)

After the start of the Greek government-debt crisis, PASOK lost most of its voters, falling down to less than 12.3% by June 2012. In the meantime, Papandreou had resigned from government and Evangelos Venizelos had taken his position.

PASOK participated in the 2012 government along with New Democracy and Democratic Left. To this day, it is the last government PASOK has ever participated in.

In 2014, it formed a coalition with Democratic Left and some other minor parties as it was on the point of being left out of parliamentt

In January 2015, PASOK reached an all-time low of 4.68% and was in the 7th place, almost a third of the percentage it had in the first elections it participated in (the 1974 elections).

In June 2015, Fofi Gennimata assumed leadership of the party and formed a new coalition called "Democratic Alignment", with which she participated in the September 2015 elections.

During late 2017 and early 2018, a new coalition called Movement for Change was formed. In the 2019 elections, the party scored 8.1% and reached the 3rd place.

After Gennimata died in October 2021, Nikos Androulakis assumed leadership and renamed it to PASOK - Movement for Change in a desperate attempt to gain voters back. This was effective, as the coalition had an increase of 3.75% from the 2019 elections in the June 2023 elections.

In opinion polls after mid-November 2023, PASOK has reached the 2nd place again, surpassing Syriza, due to the latter's collapse.

Governments

Papandreou Governments (1981-1989, 1993-1996)

See main article: Andreas Papandreou

Simitis Governments (1996-2004)

See main article: Hellenic Republic#First PASOK governments (1981-1989)

Papandreou Jr. Government (2009-2011)

See main article: Hellenic Republic#2009

Papademos Unity Government (2011-2012)

See main article: Hellenic Republic#2011

Collaboration with Samaras Government (2012-2015)

See main article: Hellenic Republic#2012