Fotis Kouvelis
Fotis Kouvelis Φώτης Κουβέλης | |
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| President of Democratic Left | |
| Assumed office June 27, 2010 | |
| Member of the Hellenic Parliament | |
| Assumed office September 25, 1996 | |
| In office November 8, 1989 – October 10, 1993 | |
| Minister for Justice | |
| In office July 2, 1989 – October 12, 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Konstantinos Stamatis |
| Succeeded by | Konstantinos Stamatis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 3, 1948 Volos, Greece |
| Political party | Democratic Left Synaspismós (1992-2010) Greek Left (1987-1992) KKE Interior (1975-1986) |
| Residence(s) | Athens, Greece |
Fotis-Fanourios (Fotis) Kouvelis (Greek: Φώτης-Φανούριος (Φώτης) Κουβέλης) (born 3 September 1948) is a Greek lawyer and politician and independent Member of Parliament. He is the leader of the Democratic Left party.
He was born in Volos. He studied law and political science at the University of Athens.
A member of Lambrakis Youth, he was a founding member of the Communist Party of Greece (Interior), serving, from 1975 until the party's demise, on its central committee. He was a founding member of the Greek Left party, in 1987, and was elected its general secretary on 25 June 1989, remaining in this position until 1992.
He was Minister for Justice in the 1989 government of Tzannis Tzannetakis.
External links
- Biography on Greek Parliament website (in Greek)
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- 1948 births
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- People from Volos
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni
- Synaspismós politicians
- Greek Left politicians
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