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'''Alekos (Alexandros) Alavanos''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Αλέκος Αλαβάνος) is a Greek politician, member of the [[Hellenic Parliament]], former member of the European Parliament and former president of the [[Synaspismos]] party of the radical left.
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===January===
 
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*[[January 1]]: The [[euro]] replaces the [[Cyprus pound|pound]] as the currency of [[Cyprus]].
 
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*[[January 8]]: An [[Athens]] court granted parole to [[Costas Agapiou]], the last jailed member of [[Revolutionary People's Struggle|ELA]], three years into his 25-year prison term.
 
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*[[January 15]]: [[Greek Australian]] fans are maced by Victoria Police during an Australian Open match between [[Konstantinos Economidis]] and Chile's Fernando Gonzalez.
 
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*[[January 16]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] humble [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] 4-0 to advance into the [[Greek Football Cup]]'s quarterfinal round.
 
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*[[January 23]]: PM [[Costas Karamanlis]] visits Turkey marking the first official visit by a Greek PM to that country since [[1959]].
 
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*[[January 31]]: [[New Democracy]] (ND) deputy [[Costas Koukodimos]] announces that he was leaving the party's Parliamentary group and to become an independent. His resignation reduced New Democracy's majority in the 300-seat house to just 151.
 
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*[[February 2]]: A group of extreme leftists clashed with right-wing ([[Golden Dawn|Chrysi Avgi]]) demonstrators, injuring at least three people and prompting riot police to fire tear gas and blockade streets in central [[Athens]].
 
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*[[February 7]]: Metropolitan [[Hieronymus II|Hieronymus]] of [[Thebes]] is elected [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece.
 
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*[[February 7]]: [[Alekos Alavanos]], the leader of the [[Coalition of the Radical Left]] (SYRIZA), bid farewell to Greek politics and called for his party to fight the dominance of [[PASOK]] and [[New Democracy]].
 
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*[[January 6]]: [[Alekos Michailidis]], [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] politician
 
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*[[January 28]]: [[Christodoulos]], [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece
 
  
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Born on [[May 22]], [[1950]] in [[Athens]], Alavanos has been politically active since his youth. 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 EAT/ESA. He was continuously elected European MP from [[1981]] to [[2004]], first with the [[Communist Party of Greece]] and then with Synaspismos.
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In the [[Greek legislative election, 2004|2004 Greek legislative election]], Alavanos was elected MP in Athens. Since [[Nikos Konstantopoulos]], his predecessor in Synaspismos' leadership, announced his intention not to be candidate for a next term of presidency, Alavanos announced his own will to succeed him in his office. The congress of the party elected Alavanos president on [[December 12]], 2004.
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On the evening of [[February 7]], [[2008]], [[Alekos Alavanos]], the leader of the [[Coalition of the Radical Left]] (SYRIZA), bid farewell to Greek politics and called for his party to fight the dominance of [[PASOK]] and [[New Democracy]].
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Alekos Alavanos is an economist. He is married with Aikaterini Haralambaki and he is the father of two daughters.
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== See also ==
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* [[Politics of Greece]]
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* [http://www.syn.gr/alavanos/ Alekos Alavanos], his official site in Greek
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* [http://www.syn.gr/cv/alavanos.htm Short biography in Greek]
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* [http://www.parliament.gr/synthesh/mp.asp?MPID=675 Curriculum vitae] on the Hellenic Parliament website, also in Greek
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[[Category:Greek politicians|Alavanos, Alekos]]
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[[Category:1950 births|Alavanos, Alekos]]

Latest revision as of 11:21, January 6, 2009

Alekos (Alexandros) Alavanos (Greek: Αλέκος Αλαβάνος) is a Greek politician, member of the Hellenic Parliament, former member of the European Parliament and former president of the Synaspismos party of the radical left.

Born on May 22, 1950 in Athens, Alavanos has been politically active since his youth. 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 EAT/ESA. He was continuously elected European MP from 1981 to 2004, first with the Communist Party of Greece and then with Synaspismos.

In the 2004 Greek legislative election, Alavanos was elected MP in Athens. Since Nikos Konstantopoulos, his predecessor in Synaspismos' leadership, announced his intention not to be candidate for a next term of presidency, Alavanos announced his own will to succeed him in his office. The congress of the party elected Alavanos president on December 12, 2004.

On the evening of February 7, 2008, Alekos Alavanos, the leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), bid farewell to Greek politics and called for his party to fight the dominance of PASOK and New Democracy.

Alekos Alavanos is an economist. He is married with Aikaterini Haralambaki and he is the father of two daughters.

See also

External links


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