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2014 Greek Local Elections
Local elections were held in Greece on 18 May 2014 (first round) and 25 May 2014 (second round). Voters elected representatives to the country's local authorities, comprising 13 regions and 325 municipalities. Background Traditionally, candidates at local elections do not run under the official name of any party as the constitution only foresees the participation of electoral lists (or "combinations") and not parties. Despite this theoretical independence and distinction, for all practical purposes most candidates run as local front organisations for political parties. Issues Greece is still facing a long-term government-debt crisis, which may affect the elections. Election results SourceHellenic Ministry of the Interior In the municipalities, as well as the regions, any candidate can participate in the first round. If the leading candidate does not have an absolute majority (50%+) of the votes, then a second round is held between the two leading candidates in the first round. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, featuring List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands. The country consists of nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions, and has a population of approximately 10.4 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilization, being the birthplace of Athenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recreate Greece
Recreate Greece ( el, Δημιουργία, Ξανά, translit=Dimiourgia, Xana, , ) is a Greek right-wing political party, which has adopted an ideology heavily focused on anti-immigration, anti-Islam and anti-communism. History Founded in December 2011, it is led by Thanos Tzimeros and is self-identified as a citizen-centered political movement, with emphasis on the rebuilding of the Greek state. The party participated in the May 2012 Greek legislative election shortly after being founded, receiving 2.15% of the total vote, short of the 3% threshold needed to enter Parliament. In the repeat elections in June, it formed an electoral alliance with Drasi, a fellow liberal party that had finished directly below them in the May election with 1.8% of the vote. Recreate Greece also approached Democratic Alliance, but the latter opted to run on the New Democracy list instead. In the 17 June 2012 elections, the combined parties garnered only 1.59%, a lower vote than either got in the el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evangelos Apostolou
Evangelos Apostolou ( el, Βαγγέλης Αποστόλου; born 28 May 1949 on the island of Euboea) is a Greek Syriza politician who served as the Minister of Agricultural Development and Food in the Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras from September 2015 to August 2018. From January to August 2015, he served as the Alternate Minister of Agricultural Development and Food in the First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras. Early life and education Born 1949 in Pappades, near Agia Anna, Euboea, Apostolou studied forestry at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Political career As a member of Synaspismos, Apostolou has been a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Euboea in the 1996–2000 period and served as a member of Synaspismos' Political Secretariat from 2004 until 2010. Following his party into the Coalition of the Radical Left The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance ( el, Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς – Προοδε ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostas Bakoyannis
Kostas Bakoyannis ( el, Κώστας Μπακογιάννης; born 16 March 1978) is a Greek politician. Having served as mayor of the town of Karpenisi, he was popularly elected Regional governor of Central Greece in the 2014 local elections. In June 2019, he was elected as the new Mayor of Athens starting from 1 September 2019. Early life and education Born 1978 in Athens to New Democracy politicians Dora and Pavlos Bakoyannis, Kostas Bakoyannis lost his father Pavlos in 1989, when he was assassinated by the leftist terrorist group, Revolutionary Organization 17 November. He studied history and International Relations at Brown University and graduated from Harvard with a Master of Public Administration. He holds a PhD thesis at St Antony's College, Oxford, in the field of Political Science and International Relations. He speaks English and German. Kostas Bakoyannis’ articles are often published in the Greek and foreign press. His uncle is the current Greek Prime Ministe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greens (Greece)
Greens may refer to: *Leaf vegetables such as collard greens, mustard greens, spring greens, winter greens, spinach, etc. Politics Supranational * Green politics * Green party, political parties adhering to Green politics * Global Greens * European Green Party Established parties * Green Party (other) * The Greens (other) Other * Green Party of the United States * Australian Greens * Green armies, peasant-based groups participating in the Russian Civil War of 1917–23 * Green Movement (other) * The Greens, an early 20th-century nationalist and separatist political and military movement in Montenegro * Greens, a political faction and associated chariot-racing team in the Byzantine empire; involved in the deadly Nika riots of 532 Places * Greens Farms, Connecticut, United States * Greens Ledge Light on Long Island Sound, United States * Greens Norton village in Northamptonshire, England * Greens Pool beach on the south coast of Western Australia * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Left (Greece)
Democratic Left (, , DIMAR) was a social-democratic political party in Greece. Formed as a split from Synaspismós, DIMAR was a minor party supporting the Samaras cabinet from 21 June 2012 to 21 June 2013. After being a member of the Democratic Alignment (DIMAR) and the Movement for Change (KINAL), it affiliated to Syriza in 2019. The party was dissolved in 2022. History Foundation DIMAR was founded on 27 June 2010 when the Renewal Wing platform of the left-wing party Synaspismós, a component of the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza)—among them MPs Fotis Kouvelis, Thanasis Leventis, Nikos Tsoukalis, and Grigoris Psarianos—exited Synaspismós at its 6th congress. They were joined by more than 550 individuals. At a subsequent national conference of the Renewal Wing, 170 members were elected to national policy committee of the new party. The first conference of DIMAR was held on 31 March – 3 April 2011. It elected Fotis Kouvelis as the party's leader with 97.31% o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Giannakaki
Maria Georgiou Giannakaki ( el, Μαρία Γεωργίου Γιαννακάκη; born 6 May 1969) is a Greek politician, former Democratic Left MP and former secretary general at the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights. Biography and political career She was born in Piraeus, near Athens in 6 May 1969 1969 and grew up in Nice. She studied Classics and Political Sciences at the University of Athens and graduated in Paris She was a founding member of the Democratic Left and a member of the Central Committee of the party. Was elected MP with the Democratic Left in the May and June 2012 elections. In the regional elections of 2014 she was a candidate for the Attica Regional Council with the combination of "Intervention for Attica - Democratic Ecological Movement", supported by the Democratic Left and Ecologist Greens. She was elected regional councilor with 28,601 votes and 1.76%. At the 4th Congress of the Democratic Left in June 2015 she was the party's presidenti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union For The Homeland And The People
Union for the Homeland and the People ( el, Ένωση για την Πατρίδα και τον Λαό) was a minor Greek political party that formed in order to take part in 2014 European Parliament Elections. The party was founded by Vyron Polydoras former deputy of New Democracy and Christos Zois, president of New Reformist Radical Reconstruction. The party also cooperated with Christian Democratic Party of the Overthrow, Panagiotis Psomiadis, a former prefect of Thessaloniki and Stelios Papathemelis, a former president of Panhellenic Macedonian Front The Panhellenic Macedonian Front ( el, Πανελλήνιο Μακεδονικό Μέτωπο, ΠΑ.Μ.ΜΕ.) is a political party in Greece. It was founded in May 2009 by the politician Stelios Papathemelis and professor Kostas Zouraris to run i .... Eventually in European parliament elections, the party ranked in 11th place and took 59,341 votes or 1.04% of votes. Famous Greek Romani singer Makis Christodoulopoulos was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petros Mantoumbalos
Petros, the original Greek and Coptic version of the name Peter, meaning "stone" or "rock", may refer to: People * Petros (given name) * Petros (surname) * Petros (footballer), Brazilian footballer Petros Matheus dos Santos Araújo (born 1989) Places * Petros (Chornohora), a mountain in Ukraine * Petros, Oklahoma, United States, an unincorporated community * Petros, Tennessee, United States, an unincorporated community and census-designated place Other uses * Petros (pelican), mascot of the Greek island of Mykonos * Petros Guitars, guitar ensemble * Petroleum Sarawak Berhad Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (PETROS) is a state-owned oil and gas exploration firm established and owned by the State Government of Sarawak. Background Sarawak's and Sabah's oil and gas rights were lost to the Federal Government after the 13 May I ... or PETROS, state-owned company in Sarawak, Malaysia * Petro's Chili & Chips, a restaurant franchise based in Knoxville, Tennessee {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Front Of The Greek Anticapitalist Left
The Front of the Greek Anticapitalist Left ( el, Αντικαπιταλιστική Αριστερή Συνεργασία για την Ανατροπή, ΑΝΤ.ΑΡ.ΣΥ.Α., translit=Antikapitalistiki Aristeri Synergasia gia tin Anatropi, ANT.AR.SY.A, literally "Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow") is a coalition of radical left political organisations in Greece. The Greek word ανταρσία ''antarsia'' (which is pronounced the same as the backronym ''Antarsya'') means "mutiny". ANTARSYA describes itself as "Front of the anticapitalist, revolutionary, communist left and radical ecology". ANTARSYA was founded on 22 March 2009 in Athens by 10 organisations and independent militants involved in the Radical Left Front (MERA) and United Anti-Capitalist Left (ENANTIA) with the exception of the Workers Revolutionary Party (ΕΕΚ). These organisations come from different left wing currents ranging from ex-KKE and KKE Interior members to Maoism and Trotskyism. Mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Despina Koutsoumba
Despina may refer to: People * Despina Delios, American beauty pageant contestant * Despina Stratigakos (born 1963), Canadian-born architectural historian and academic * Despina Vandi (born 1969), Greek singer * Olivera Despina ( – after 1444), Serbian princess and Ottoman queen consort * Milica Despina of Wallachia ( – 1554), Princess consort of Wallachia Other uses * Despoina, a figure in Greek mythology * ''Despina'' (moth), a genus of moth * Despina (moon), a moon of Neptune * Despina, a character in Mozart's opera '' Così fan tutte'' * "Despoina", a song by Nikos Karvelas Nikos Karvelas ( el, Νίκος Καρβέλας; born Nikos Leonardos on 8 September 1951) is a Greek songwriter, producer and singer. He has sold millions of records as a producer and is most recognizable for his three-decade-long collaborat ... {{Disambiguation, given name Greek feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
