{{Refimprove|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox political party | country = Greece | name = Greek Radical Movement | native_name = {{Lang|el|Ελληνικό Ριζοσπαστικό Κίνημα}} | logo = Ελληνικό Ριζοσπαστικό Κίνημα.svg | founder = Antonis Tritsis | foundation = 1989 | dissolved = 1992 | split = Panhellenic Socialist Movement | ideology = Social democracy <br /> Radicalism | position = Centre-left | colorcode = dodgerblue }}
'''Greek Radical Movement''' (Greek: Ελληνικό Ριζοσπαστικό Κίνημα) was a Greek political party founded by Antonis Tritsis on May 19, 1989.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1990 |title=From Our Athens Correspondent |journal=The Economist |volume=316 |page=44}}</ref> It continued to exist until April 1992.
Antonis Tritsis was a founding member of Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). However, he was expelled by Andreas Papandreou for voting against the party regarding the PASOK's corruption in the Koskotas scandal.<ref>{{cite journal| last1 =Dobratz| first1= Betty A. |last2=Whitfield|first2=Stefanie |journal=European Sociological Review |volume=8 |issue=2|pages=167–180 |date=1992 |title= Does Scandal Influence Voters' Party Preference? The Case of Greece during the Papandreou Era |url= https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.esr.a036630|doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.esr.a036630 |jstor=522295|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
In the 1989 June elections, the Greek Radical Movement party received 4,162 votes and gained 0.1%. In the European election of 1989, it garnered 0.62% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 June 1990|title=Ευρωεκλογές 1989: Οι εκλογές που πραγματοποίηθηκαν μαζί με τις εθνικές εκλογές του Ιουνίου |url=https://ikarianews.gr/archives/47597 |access-date=18 February 2024|website=ΙΚΑΡΙΩΤΙΚΑ ΝΕΑ |language=el}}</ref>
The following year, in the local elections of 1990, Antonis Tritsis decided to run for the Municipality of Athens. He sent a letter to the leaders of all political parties and asked for their support. On October 14, 1990, Tritsis elected Mayor of Athens as the leader of a coalition between New Democracy and the Greek Radical Movement.
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Category:Political parties established in 1989 Category:Defunct political parties in Greece Category:Radical parties