- Alexis Tsipras
Alexis Tsipras ( _el. Αλέξης Τσίπρας) is a Greek
left wing politician , currently serving as the chairman of theSynaspismos political party.He was born in July
1974 in Athens and studiedcivil engineering at theNational Technical University of Athens . He was elected chairman during the 5th party congress onFebruary 10 ,2008 , after the previous chairman,Alekos Alavanos decided not to apply for a renewal of his chairmanship due to personal reasons.Tsipras first entered the limelight of mainstream Greek politics during the 2006 local election when he run for the municipality of Athens under the "Anoihti Poli" (Greek: Ανοιχτή Πόλη, "Open City")
SYRIZA ticket that gained 10.51% of the Athenian vote. He did not run for membership to theHellenic parliament ("Vouli") in the 2007 legislative election, choosing to continue to serve his term as a member of the municipal council of Athens, an office he still holds.ee also
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Politics of Greece External links
* [http://www.syn.gr/cv/tsipras.htm Curriculum Vitae] (in Greek)
* [http://www.anoihtipoli.gr/ Anoihti Poli]
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