Alekos Alavanos

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Alexandros Alavanos
Αλέκος Αλαβάνος
Alavanos in 2007
President of Synaspismos
In office 12 December 2004 – 11 February 2008
Preceded by	Nikos Konstantopoulos
Succeeded by	Alexis Tsipras
Member of the European Parliament for Greece
In office 15 June 1989 – 13 June 2004
In office 18 October 1981 – 17 June 1984
Personal details
Born	(1950-05-22) 22 May 1950 (age 74) Athens, Greece
Political party	Plan B (2013–present)
Other political affiliations	KKE (?–1991) SYRIZA (1991–2013)

Alexandros 'Alekos' Alavanos (Greek: Αλέξανδρος 'Αλέκος' Αλαβάνος; born 22 May 1950 in Athens) 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).