Konstantinos Barbarousis (
Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Μπαρμπαρούσης; Machairas,
Astakos
Astakos ( el, Αστακός, meaning "lobster") is a town and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Xiromero, of which it is a municipal unit. , 30 October 1980) is a
far-right
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Greek politician, member of the
Greek Parliament for
Golden Dawn
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from
May 2012 until
June 2019.
In 2018, from the floor of the parliament, Barbarousis called for the military to "respect their oath" and arrest
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
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,
Minister of National Defence Panos Kammenos, and
President Prokopis Pavlopoulos "in order to prevent this high treason" about the
Prespa agreement that was due to be reached, that was seen as giving out the name "
Macedonia
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". The government of the time reacted to it as a call for a military coup, and a
treason investigation was opened against him.
After his speech, Barbousis was expelled from the party and from parliament.
At the time of his speech, protests had already happened in and out of the country against the
Prespa agreement, and there were instances of conflict between protesters and anti-riot units.
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Golden Dawn (political party) politicians
Greek neo-Nazis
Greek MPs 2012–2014
Greek MPs 2015 (February–August)
Greek MPs 2015–2019
People from Astakos
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