Pavlos Polakis
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- Oct 17
SYRIZA's Polakis pushes for leader election by January as Dourou and Pappas reportedly resist
Pavlos Polakis asked the Political Secretariat on Friday, 16 October, to hold a congress and elect a leader by January, while Rena Dourou defended collective leadership at the Central Committee on Saturday, 17 October.
- Jul 18
SYRIZA appoints Rena Dourou parliamentary chief, Nikos Pappas secretary in bid to halt disintegration
After a 12-hour Central Committee session, the Greek left-wing party installed a collective leadership to prepare for national elections, with Pavlos Polakis taking a strategic role despite tensions.
- Jul 18
Polakis withdraws from SYRIZA parliamentary group race, Dourou set to be elected unopposed on Saturday
Pavlos Polakis withdrew his candidacy for the presidency of SYRIZA's parliamentary group on July 17, clearing the path for Rena Dourou to be elected unopposed in a vote at the Greek Parliament on Saturday morning.
- Jul 12
SYRIZA press secretary says only parliamentary group can readmit expelled MPs, after central committee tensions
Christos Giannoulis pushed back against a Central Committee decision on Saturday, insisting that only the president and the parliamentary group can reinstate a dismissed lawmaker.
- Jul 10
SYRIZA president Sokratis Famellos resigns, party splits into two camps ahead of Central Committee showdown
Sokratis Famellos stepped down as president of Greece's main opposition party on Thursday evening, preempting a no-confidence vote and triggering an open power struggle between rival factions led by Pavlos Polakis and Nikos Pappas.
- Jun 30
Pavlos Polakis demands SYRIZA president Sokratis Famellos resign and demands his own return to party's parliamentary group
SYRIZA MP Pavlos Polakis, in a Tuesday social media post, demanded the immediate resignation of party president Sokratis Famellos, along with his own return to the parliamentary group, and the urgent convening of the Central Committee to set up electoral and program bodies.
- Jun 25
Famellos tells SYRIZA rebels to stop 'shenanigans' as Polakis walks out of party meeting
Party president Sokratis Famellos warned dissenting members to respect the Central Committee's vote to back Alexis Tsipras's leftist coalition, while Pavlos Polakis quit the Political Secretariat meeting and called for a new leadership vote.
- Jun 16
SYRIZA leader Famellos removes top spokespersons in reshuffle amid pressure from Tsipras’s new party
SYRIZA president Sokratis Famellos removed parliamentary spokesperson Nikos Pappas and press spokesperson Kostas Zachariadis on Tuesday, installing Theofilos Xanthopoulos, Kostas Barkas and Christos Giannoulis in their roles as the party grapples with internal dissent over relations with Alexis Tsipras’s new ELAS party.
