Preceded by Aleka Papariga Name Dimitris Koutsoumpas Citizenship Greek Role Greek Politician | Nationality Greek Party Communist Party of Greece Occupation Lawyer | |
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Born 10 August 1955 (age 68)
Lamia, Greece ( 1955-08-10 ) Political party Communist Party of Greece Alma mater National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Education National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | ||
President Abbas receives General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece Dimitris Koutsoumpas
Dimitris Koutsoumpas (Greek: Δημήτρης Κουτσούμπας, [ðiˌmitris kuˈt͡sumbas]; born August 10, 1955) is a Greek communist politician who is, since 14 April 2013, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece.
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- President Abbas receives General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece Dimitris Koutsoumpas
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Political career
Dimitris Koutsoumpas was born on August 10, 1955 in Lamia, Greece. His father, Apostolis, was exiled for his political actions. Koutsoumpas studied law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and was a member of the Communist Youth of Greece, participating at the Athens Polytechnic uprising against the Regime of the Colonels in November 1973. In 1987, he was elected for the first time to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece, to which he was reelected in the following years. In 1996, he was elected for the first time to the party's politburo. In the same year, he became the director of Rizospastis, the official newspaper of the Communist Party, in which post he remained for the following decade. During his political career, he was also the head of the International Relations sector of the party. He was a candidate in the parliamentary elections of 2000 and 2007 for the Boeotia prefecture, but was not elected.
At the 19th Party Congress, on 14 April 2013, he was elected as the General Secretary of the party, succeeding Aleka Papariga.