2008 SYN leadership election

Internal Greek political party election April 2024 2008 SYN leadership election Greece primary no 10 February 2008 2004 SYN leadership election 2004 File:Alexis Tsipras Komotini cropped.jpg DD2239 A. Tsipras 70.41% 840 File:Fotis Kouvelis (cropped-2).jpg FADA5E F. Kouvelis 28.67% 342 President of SYN Alekos Alavanos Alexis Tsipras The 2008 Leadership election of Synaspismos took place on 10 February 2008, during its 5th Congress. The two candidates were: Alexis Tsipras and Fotis Kouvelis.https://www.sansimera.gr/articles/889 Ο Αλέξης Τσίπρας στο τιμόνι του Συνασπισμού Σαν Σήμερα 29 August 2023 Greek 28 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230728130730/https://www.sansimera.gr/articles/889 dead Tsipras won with 840 votes, while Kouvelis earned 342 votes, while 14 members voted blank or invalid.https://www.documentonews.gr/article/san-shmera-o-alexhs-tsipras-eklegetai-proedros-toy-synaspismoy/ Σαν σήμερα: Ο Αλέξης Τσίπρας εκλέγεται πρόεδρος του Συνασπισμού Documento 26 January 2019 29 August 2023 Greek Background In October 2005, SYN President, Alekos Alavanos, endorsed Alexis Tsipras, known for taking part on the 1990–1991 student protests in Greece, in which he was part of the student group that held talks with the Mitsotakis government,https://www.ft.com/content/301636be-a2e6-11e4-9c06-00144feab7de Alexis Tsipras: Greece's radical or realist? 23 January 2015 29 August 2023 Peter Spiegel Financial Times to the party as a candidate for the Athens mayorship.http://news.in.gr/greece/article/?aid=655998 Ο Αλέξης Τσίπρας επικρατέστερος υποψήφιος του ΣΥΝ για το Δήμο Αθηναίων in.gr 11 October 2005 29 August 2023 Greek SYN members who backed Mihalis Papagiannakis for the mayor race protested against Alavanos' endorsement, who had previously supported Papagiannakis.http://news.in.gr/greece/article/?aid=656161 Διχασμένος ο ΣΥΝ την επομένη της υποψηφιότητας Τσίπρα για τη δημαρχία της Αθήνας in.gr 12 October 2005 29 August 2023 http://news.in.gr/greece/article/?aid=656472 Ερίζουν ΣΥΝ και ΣΥΡΙΖΑ για την υποψηφιότητα Τσίπρα στο Δήμο Αθηναίων in.gr 13 October 2005 29 August 2023 http://news.in.gr/greece/article/?aid=656297 Αιχμές και γκρίνια σε ΝΔ, ΣΥΝ για τις υποψηφιότητες σε Δήμο Αθηναίων και υπερνομαρχία in.gr 13 October 2005 29 August 2023 A majority of the Political Secretariat decided to support Tsipras' candidacy, while the prefectural committee of Athens A' backed Papagiannakis on a knife-edge vote.http://news.in.gr/greece/article/?aid=661573 Σε κλίμα διχογνωμίας η απόφαση στο ΣΥΝ για τον υποψήφιο στο Δήμο Αθηναίων in.gr 5 November 2005 29 August 2023 Greek On Alavanos' advice, the Central Committee rejected the prefectural Committee's decision with a two-thirds majorityhttp://news.in.gr/greece/article/?aid=661747 Την υποψηφιότητα Τσίπρα για το Δήμο Αθηναίων υπερψήφισε η ΚΠΕ του ΣΥΝ in.gr 6 November 2005 29 August 2023 Greek and Tsipras ended up as the Candidate for the Athens mayorship for SYN on the 2006 Greek local elections. He reached the 3rd place with a percentage of 10,51%, getting 4 seats on the city council.http://ekloges-prev.singularlogic.eu/2006static/dimos105.htm Δημοτικές -Νομαρχιακές Εκλογές 2006 Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών https://web.archive.org/web/20161012092912/http://ekloges-prev.singularlogic.eu/2006static/dimos105.htm 12 October 2016 29 August 2023 dead Greek Candidates CandidatePositionAnnouncementFotis Kouvelis(1948 09 03 2007 12 16 years old)200x200pxMinister of Shipping and Island Policy(2018-2019) Other Positions: Alternate Minister of National Defence (2018) Minister of Justice (1989) Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens B (1989-1993, 1996-2014)16 December 2007Alexis Tsipras(1974 07 28 2007 12 18 years old)200x200pxMember of the Hellenic Parliament for Piraeus A (2023-) Other Positions: Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Achaea (2019-2023) Prime Minister of Greece (2015) (2015-2019) Minister for Foreign Affairs (2018-2019) Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Heraklion (2015-2019) Vice President of the Party of the European Left (2010-2016) Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens A (2009-2015)18 December 2007 Fotis Kouvelis' candidancy was backed by members of the "Renewal Wing", Thanasis Leventis, Mihalis Papagiannakis, Nikos Tsoukalis και Anna Filini, SYN MEP, Dimitris Papadimoulis and the historical figure of the party, Leonidas Kyrkos On the other camp, Alexis Tsipras' candidancy was backed by members of the "Left Shift", Nikos Voutsis, Giannis Dragasakis, Panagiotis Lafazanis, Dimitris Stratoulis and Nikos Hountis, and members of the "Red-Green Network" Christoforos Papadopoulos and Euclid Tsakalotos.https://www.tanea.gr/2008/02/04/greece/syn-polemos-6-imerwn/ ΣΥΝ: "πόλεμος" 6 ημερών TA NEA 4 February 2008 29 August 2023 Greek Results +Summary of 10 February 2008 Synaspismos leadership election resultsCandidateVotes%Alexis Tsipras84070.41Fotis Kouvelis 34228.67Valid votes1182Invalid votes3Blank votes11Total votes1196100Source: Official results as published in syn.gr thumb|150px|right|Tsipras at a demonstration for the pension system (2007). Subsequent events thumb|370px|right|Alexis Tsipras speaking at the 5th Congress of SYN. After the Congress, since Tsipras was not an MP, Alekos Alavanos remained as the President of the Parliamentary group of Syriza.Δεύτερο κύμα αλλαγών στον ΣΥΝ μετά την εκλογή Τσίπρα In the 2009 European Parliament election in Greece, Synaspismos, being part of Syriza, succeeded in electing Nikolaos Chountis to the European Parliament. The result was considered a failure, due to the stagnation of the percentage, and was criticized by the "Renewal Wing" of Synaspismos,Αλ. Τσίπρας: «Ο χώρος της Αριστεράς ηττήθηκε αλλά δεν θα καταστραφεί» with Leonidas Kyrkos calling for the dissolution of SyrizaΛ. Κύρκος: «O ΣΥΡΙΖΑ έφτασε στο τέλος του» An internal party crisis followed, in which Alavanos announced his intention to resign as president of the parliamentary group of syriza and as an MP,Παραιτείται από το βουλευτικό του αξίωμα ο Αλέκος Αλαβάνοςhttps://www.tovima.gr/2009/06/21/politics/i-ekkwfantiki-paraitisi-toy-alekoy-alabanoy/ Η εκκωφαντική παραίτηση του Αλέκου Αλαβάνου 21 June 2009 Σταυρόπουλος Λάμπρος Το Βήμα 4 December 2018 live https://web.archive.org/web/20230703174402/https://www.tovima.gr/2009/06/21/politics/i-ekkwfantiki-paraitisi-toy-alekoy-alabanoy/ 3 July 2023 which was not acceptedΤη Δευτέρα ο «επίλογος» της παραίτησης Αλαβάνου and he recalled, a few days later.Ανακάλεσε τελικά την παραίτησή του ο Αλέκος Αλαβάνος In the coming months, and with the coming legislative elections of the same year, Alavanos decided to not take part in them.Δεν θα είναι υποψήφιος ο Αλέκος ΑλαβάνοςΣΥΡΙΖΑ χωρίς τον Αλαβάνο Syriza, led by Alexis Tsipras, received 4,60% of the vote and elected 13 MPs. In June 2010, the 6th Congress of Synaspismos took place.Από τις 3 μέχρι τις 6 Ιουνίου το 6ο συνέδριο του Συνασπισμού The "Renewal Wing", led by Fotis Kouvelis, disagreeing with Synaspismos taking part in Syriza, left the party, founding the Democratic Left.Επίσημο το διαζύγιο στον Συνασπισμόhttps://archive.today/20120723112735/http://www.avgi.gr/ArticleActionshow.action?articleID=552705 Η ιδρυτική διακήρυξη της Δημοκρατικής Αριστεράς Kouvelis was followed by 3 more MPs, that left the parliamentary group of SYN.Ανεξάρτητοι οι «4» της «Ανανεωτικής Πτέρυγας» του ΣΥΝ In the May 2012 Greek legislative elections and in the June 2012 Greek legislative elections, Syriza reached the second spot, and elected 52 και 71 MPs according. In July 2013, with Syriza's first congress in sight, an emergency Synaspismos congress took place, in which a large majority decided to abolish and combine itself within Syriza«Ανοίγουμε μια νέα σελίδα» είπε ο Αλ. Τσίπρας στο συνέδριο του ΣΥΝΥπερψηφίστηκε η αυτοδιάλυση του ΣΥΝhttp://www.skai.gr/news/politics/article/237344/apofasistike-i-autodialusi-tou-sunaspismou/ Αποφασίστηκε η αυτοδιάλυση του Συνασπισμού 23 August 2023 3 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140203150148/http://www.skai.gr/news/politics/article/237344/apofasistike-i-autodialusi-tou-sunaspismou/ dead Greek References Category:2008 elections in Europe Category:2008 in Greece Category:Political party leadership elections in Greece Category:2008 political party leadership elections Category:February 2008 elections Category:February 2008 in Europe