Alexis Tsipras

Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), served as Prime Minister of Greece from January 2015 until July 2019. This was the first time in Greece’s history a party of the radical left came to power. Today, after his defeat by the conservative party, New Democracy, in the last national elections, he is again the Leader of the Opposition. Tsipras was first elected to the Hellenic Parliament in 2009.