Young Communist League of Greece
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Young Communist League of Greece was the youth wing of the Communist Party of Greece
. OKNE was founded on November 28, 1922. The journal I Neolaia (Η ΝΕΟΛΑΙΑ) became the official organ of OKNE. OKNE was a section of the Communist Youth International. Nikolaos Zachariadis
became the leader of OKNE in 1924. In 1925, OKNE was banned by the Greek authorities, along with the Communist party itself and all its affiliated organizations.
In 1943 OKNE was replaced by another youth organization, the United Panhellenic Organization of Youth (EPON).
Communist Party of Greece
Founded in 1918, the Communist Party of Greece , better known by its acronym, ΚΚΕ , is the oldest party on the Greek political scene.- Foundation :...
. OKNE was founded on November 28, 1922. The journal I Neolaia (Η ΝΕΟΛΑΙΑ) became the official organ of OKNE. OKNE was a section of the Communist Youth International. Nikolaos Zachariadis
Nikolaos Zachariadis
Nikolaos Zachariadis was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece from 1931 to 1956.-Early life:Born in Adrianopole in 1903, the son of an employee of the Ottoman tobacco monopoly. He worked as a seaman on the Black Sea, where he came under the influence of the Bolshevik Revolution...
became the leader of OKNE in 1924. In 1925, OKNE was banned by the Greek authorities, along with the Communist party itself and all its affiliated organizations.
In 1943 OKNE was replaced by another youth organization, the United Panhellenic Organization of Youth (EPON).