Apostolos Gkletsos
SYRIZA: Famellos’ challenges for the next day – “Half the party is with me,” expressed Polakis
Socratis Famellos, MP for Thessaloniki, was elected as SYRIZA’s new leader in the first round of internal elections, securing 49.41% of the 70,152 votes cast. His victory ushers in a new chapter for the party after a prolonged period of internal division.
New president of SYRIZA is Sokratis Famelos with 50.1% with more that 35,000 votes (updated)
The new leader of SYRIZA
Sokratis Famelos, according to the biography on his website, was born in 1966 in Athens, but grew up and has lived in Thessaloniki since 1970.
SYRIZA on the edge: The “87” definitively excluded Kasselakis – Kasselakis will be a candidate, say the Kasselistas
A warlike atmosphere prevails once again in SYRIZA, with the majority of the “87” formally excluding Kasselakis from candidacy in the party’s Political Secretariat, having declared Apostolos Gkletsos, Pavlos Polakis, Socrates Famelos, and Nikos Farandouri as presidential candidates.
SYRIZA leadership candidates to meet amid crisis over Kasselakis’ future
The five candidates in the SYRIZA leadership race have been called to a meeting at the party's headquarters on Thursday. Meanwhile, the party's disciplinary committee will meet at 6pm on Wednesday to discuss the possible expulsion of candidate and ousted leader Stefanos Kasselakis.