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Ioannis Passalidis (1886-1968) (Greek: Ιωάννης Πασαλίδης) was a prominent member of the Greek Left and founder of the United Democratic Left party. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The United Democratic Left ( Ενιαία Δημοκρατική Αριστερά, ΕΔΑ / Eniaia Dimokratiki Aristera, EDA) was a political

He was born in the Ottoman Empire, in the village of Santa near Trabzon. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Trabzon ( Greek: Τραπεζούντα, Trapezounta) is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey and the capital of He studied medicine at the universities of Moscow and Odessa. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of ODESSA which stands for the German phrase O rganisation d er e hemaligen SS - A ngehörigen which in turn translates He graduated in 1910 and settled in the city Sochoum of Caucasus. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Caucasus ( also referred to as North Caucasus) is a geopolitical region located between Europe Asia & Middle East In 1913 he travelled in Germany for post-graduate studies. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. He then got specialised as a surgeon in Odessa, taking the position of the director of the hospital of Sochoum. ODESSA which stands for the German phrase O rganisation d er e hemaligen SS - A ngehörigen which in turn translates After the declaration of independence of Georgia he was elected a deputy with Noe Zhordania's Georgian Social Democratic Labour Party in the February 1919 general election. Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between Noe Zhordania (ნოე ჟორდანია also transliterated as Jordania) ( January 2, 1868 – January 11, 1953) was a The Social Democratic Party of Georgia was a leading political party in pre- Soviet Georgia

In 1922, Passalidis settled in Thessaloniki and worked as a doctor. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη), Thessalonica, or Salonica is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of Macedonia In the 1923 general election he was elected for the first time to the Greek Parliament as a republican deputy. After the defeat of the Liberals in 1920 Venizelos left the country King Constantine I returned and Greece was soundly defeated by the newly-reformed Turkey The Hellenic Parliament ( Βουλή των Ελλήνων; transliterated Vouli (also Boule) ton Ellinon; literally 'Will of the Greeks' from the In 1941 his party formed an alliance with EAM-ELAS and, in 1945, he was elected in the Central Commission of EAM-ELAS. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar In July 1951 he was the one who induced the formation of the United Democratic Left (EDA) party, which he led until 1967, when the colonels' regime persecuted United Democratic Left members. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January The United Democratic Left ( Ενιαία Δημοκρατική Αριστερά, ΕΔΑ / Eniaia Dimokratiki Aristera, EDA) was a political Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Regime of the Colonels redirects here For the Polish regime of colonels see Colonels' group. The United Democratic Left ( Ενιαία Δημοκρατική Αριστερά, ΕΔΑ / Eniaia Dimokratiki Aristera, EDA) was a political

Passalidis took part in all the Greek legislative elections from 1952 to 1964 as the leader of the United Democratic Left, being among the protagonists of almost all the debates during this period in the Greek Parliament. Elections in Greece gives information on Election and election results in Greece. The Greek legislative election of 16 November 1952 resulted in victory for General Alexander Papagos and the party he had founded the previous year The Greek legislative election of the 19 February 1964 resulted in a clear victory for Georgios Papandreou and his Center Union party The United Democratic Left ( Ενιαία Δημοκρατική Αριστερά, ΕΔΑ / Eniaia Dimokratiki Aristera, EDA) was a political The Hellenic Parliament ( Βουλή των Ελλήνων; transliterated Vouli (also Boule) ton Ellinon; literally 'Will of the Greeks' from the

He was prosecuted and put into in-house arrest by the 1967 junta. This worsened his health and he died in 1968[1]. He is still remembered fondly among Greek leftists, who still refer to him as "Barbayiannis" (uncle John)[2]

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