Alekos (Alexandros) Alavanos (Greek: Αλέκος Αλαβάνος) is a Greek politician, member of the Hellenic Parliament, former member of the European Parliament. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The European Parliament ( Europarl or EP) is the only directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU From 2004 until 2008 he was president of the Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology, commonly known as Synaspismos. The Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology (Συνασπισμός της Αριστεράς των Κινημάτων και της Οικολογίας Synaspismós tīs He is parliamentary leader of the wider Coalition of the Radical Left, often abbreviated to SYRIZA. History Formation Although SYRIZA is typically regarded to have been launched before the legislative election of 2004, the process that ended up in its formation
Born on May 22, 1950 in Athens, Alavanos has been politically active since his youth. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's During the military dictatorship of 1967-1974, Alavanos participated in the student movement against the regime; as a result his military service deferment was revoked and he was briefly incarcerated in the EAT/ESA military prison. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of He was elected to the European Parliament in 1981 with the Communist Party of Greece and again in 1989, 1994 and 1999 with Synaspismos. The European Parliament ( Europarl or EP) is the only directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 The Communist Party of Greece (Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas) better known by its acronym ΚΚΕ (usually Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)
In the 2004 Greek legislative election, Alavanos was elected MP in Athens. The leaders Greek politics is strongly dynastic Costas Karamanlis is the nephew of Constantine Karamanlis, who was six times (1955 1956 1958 1961 1974 1977 Since Nikos Konstantopoulos, his predecessor in Synaspismos' leadership, announced his intention not to be a candidate for another term, Alavanos announced his own candidacy for the office. Nikos Konstantopoulos (Νίκος Κωνσταντόπουλος born June 8 1942) is a Greek politician member of the Hellenic Parliament The party congress elected him president on December 12, 2004. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian
In the 2007 Greek legislative election, running as leader of SYRIZA, which more than doubled its parliamentary seats, he was narrowly elected an MP in Heraklion, Crete. Procedure There were concerns that the election could return a Hung parliament, mainly due to the recently revised Greek electoral law
In 27 November 2007, Alavanos announced that he would not apply for a renewal of his presidency of Synaspismos at its 5th party congress in February 2008, due to private reasons. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [1] He was replaced by Alexis Tsipras. Alexis Tsipras (Αλέξης Τσίπρας is a Greek Left wing Politician, currently serving as the chairman of the Synaspismos political
Alekos Alavanos is an economist. An economist is an expert in the Social science of Economics. He is married to Aikaterini Haralambaki and is the father of two daughters. The scion of a wealthy, landed Italian family, he owns considerable real estate on the island of Tenos. Tinos (Τήνος Italian: Tine) is a Greek island situated in the Aegean Sea.
| Party political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Nikos Konstantopoulos | Chairman of Synaspismos 2004 – 2008 | Succeeded by Alexis Tsipras |
See also
Notes
External links
- Alekos Alavanos, his official site in Greek
- Short biography in Greek
- Curriculum vitae on the Hellenic Parliament website, also in Greek
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic