Sokratis Famellos
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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.
- Oct 14
SYRIZA's seat-return deadline expires as former MPs keep their seats and party releases video
SYRIZA released a video of earlier statements by MPs who left the party and now sit as independents, after its deadline for them to return their seats ran out on 14 October. The parliamentary group, which had 47 MPs after the 2023 national elections, now numbers 10.
- 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.
- Jul 4
Giorgos Karameros resigns from SYRIZA and parliament, declares support for Alexis Tsipras's ELAS
Giorgos Karameros, SYRIZA MP for East Attica, announced his resignation from the party and his parliamentary seat on Saturday, citing his support for Alexis Tsipras's new political venture, ELAS.
- 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 29
Former minister Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou quits SYRIZA, declaring she cannot run against Alexis Tsipras's new party
The former minister announced her resignation on 29 June, saying the progressive left needs a unified pole and that she cannot imagine a SYRIZA ballot opposing Alexis Tsipras.
- 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.
