The Panhellenic Socialist Movement,known mostly by its acronym PASOK,is a social-democratic political party in Greece. Until 2012 it was one of the two major parties in the country,along with New Democracy,its main political rival.
New Democracy is a liberal-conservative political party in Greece. In contemporary Greek politics,New Democracy has been the main right-wing political party and one of the two major parties along with its historic rival,the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). New Democracy and PASOK were created in the wake of the toppling of the military junta in 1974,and ruled Greece alternately for the next four decades. Following the electoral decline of PASOK,New Democracy remained one of the two major parties in Greece,the other being the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA). The party was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and in the same year it formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic. New Democracy is a member of the European People's Party,the largest European political party since 1999,the Centrist Democrat International,and the International Democrat Union.
Acharnes is a suburb and a municipality in Attica,Greece,in the East Attica regional unit. With 108,130 inhabitants,it is the ninth most populous municipality in Greece. It is part of the Athens urban area.
Stavros Dimas is a Greek politician who was European Commissioner for the Environment from 2004 to 2009. From November 2011 to May 2012,he served in the government of Greece as Minister for Foreign Affairs. The New Democracy–PASOK coalition government nominated him for the post of President of Greece in December 2014,but he failed to achieve the necessary votes,forcing the dissolution of parliament.
Prokopios Pavlopoulos,commonly shortened to Prokopis (Προκόπης),is a Greek retired politician,who served as the president of Greece from 2015 to 2020. A member of New Democracy,he previously was Minister of the Interior from 2004 to 2009. He was succeeded by Katerina Sakellaropoulou on 13 March 2020,who became the first woman to serve as President of Greece.
Evangelos-Vasileios "Vangelis" Meimarakis,is a Greek lawyer and politician who served as the acting President of New Democracy and Leader of the Opposition in Greece from 5 July to 24 November 2015,competing as the challenger to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the September 2015 Greek legislative election. He lost in the run-off of the New Democracy leadership election,2015–16. Since 2019,he has been a Member of the European Parliament.
The Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences,usually referred to simply as the Panteion University,is a university located in Athens,Greece. Founded in 1927,it is the oldest university of social and political sciences in Greece.
Nikolaos G. Michaloliakos is a Greek politician and convicted criminal. He is the founder and leader of the far-right party Golden Dawn. In October 2020,he and 67 other Golden Dawn leaders were found guilty of leading a criminal organisation by the Athens Appeals Court.
Yannis Dragasakis is a Greek politician and who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Greece from 27 January to 28 August 2015 and 23 September 2015 to 8 July 2019. He is a member of the Greek Parliament for the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) for the Athens B constituency.
Nikolaos "Nikos" Dendias is a Greek lawyer and politician of the conservative New Democracy party who has been serving as Minister for National Defence in the government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis since 2023. He is a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens,and previously served as Minister for National Defence from November 2014 to January 2015 and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from July 2019 to May 2023.
The Thessaloniki Programme is a manifesto adopted by the Greek Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA),first presented by party leader Alexis Tsipras at the Thessaloniki International Fair on 13 September 2014,proposing a set of policies oriented towards reversing austerity measures while maintaining a balanced budget. At the start of 2015,while still Leader of the Opposition,Tsipras stated that the programme is "not negotiable".
Panagiotis Lafazanis is a Greek politician. He served as the leader of a new Greek left-wing political party,Popular Unity,from 21 August 2015 until his resignation on 2 June 2019.
Pavlos Haikalis is a Greek actor and politician.
Euclid Stefanou Tsakalotos is a Greek economist and politician who was Minister of Finance of Greece from 2015 to 2019. He is also a member of the Central Committee of Syriza and has represented Athens B in the Hellenic Parliament since May 2012.
Nikos Voutsis is a Greek politician,former MP who served as the Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction from January 2015 to August 2015,and as President of the Hellenic Parliament from October 2015 to July 2019.
Giorgos Dimaras is a Greek politician. He is a member of the Ecologist Greens,but was elected as a Syriza Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens B at the January 2015 Greek legislative election.
Christos Zois is a Greek politician. He is currently the leader of NEA MERA,and Deputy Chairman of the Union for the Homeland and the People.
Lindita Nikolla is an Albanian politician who is serving as the Speaker of the Parliament since September 10,2021. Previously she served as the Ministry of Education,Sports and Youth in September 2013 until May 2017,where she temporarily handed over the post to Mirela Karabina as part of a pre-election agreement between the position and the opposition. Nikolla was appointed again Minister of Education,Sports and Youth in September 2017 until 2019.
Nikos Filis is a Greek politician and journalist. He held the office of the Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs of Greece from 23 September 2015 to 5 November 2016.
