Antonis Kotsakas ( el, Αντώνης Κοτσακάς; born in 1947) is a Greek politician, former member of the

Greek Parliament The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule of the Hellenes, label=none), also known as the Parliament of the He ...

for the

Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( el, Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellínio Sosialistikó Kínima, ), known mostly by its acronym PASOK, (; , ) is a social-democratic political party in Greece. Until 2012, it ...

(PASOK) for

Chios Chios (; el, Χίος, Chíos , traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greek island, situated in the northern Aegean Sea. The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait. Chios is notable for its exports of masti ...

and former minister. Now he is a member of Syriza. He was born in Thymiana in Chios but grew up in

Moschato Moschato ( el, Μοσχάτο) is a suburb in the southwestern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Moschato-Tavros, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Geograph ...

. He worked as foreman in construction. He was a founding member of the

in 1974. In 1984 he became a member of the Central Committee of PASOK, a post in which he was reelected until 2009. He was elected as MP of Chios in the election of June 1989 and held this seat until 2000. In 1993-4 he was deputy minister of Labour and from 1994 to 1996 was Minister for the Aegean. In June 2011, he resigned as member of the National Council of PASOK over disagreements with the policies followed by the government of

George Papandreou George Andreas Papandreou ( el, Γεώργιος Ανδρέας Παπανδρέου, , shortened to ''Giorgos'' () to distinguish him from his grandfather; born 16 June 1952) is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from ...

over the handling of the economic crisis of Greece and the agreements made with its creditors. He claimed that he didn't leave from PASOK, but that PASOK betrayed its ideas. He became a member of Syriza and along with other former politicians of PASOK, founded the Socialist Tendency in the party. In October 2015, he was elected to the Political Secretariat of Syriza. As a member of Syriza, he is considered to have helped with the organizing of other disappointed ex members of PASOK in Syriza.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kotsakas, Antonis 1947 births Politicians from Athens Greek MPs 1989 (June–November) Greek MPs 1989–1990 Greek MPs 1990–1993 Greek MPs 1993–1996 Greek MPs 1996–2000 PASOK politicians Syriza politicians 21st-century Greek politicians Government ministers of Greece Living people