Alekos Alavanos

Alexandros "Alekos" Alavanos (Greek: Αλέξανδρος (Αλέκος) Αλαβάνος; born 22 May 1950) is a Greek politician, former member of the Hellenic Parliament and the European Parliament. From 2004 until 2008 he was president of the Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology, commonly known as Synaspismos. He was parliamentary leader of the wider Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA).