Stefanos Kaselakis became the new president of SYRIZA

Stefanos Kaselakis became the new leader of Greece’s main opposition party, the Radical Left Alliance (SYRIZA).

Kaselakis and Efi Ahçioğlu, who were among the top two in the presidential election, the first round of which was held on September 17, competed for the leadership of SYRIZA in the second round.

According to the statement made by SYRIZA before all polls were opened, Kaselakis left Ahçioğlu behind in the leadership race with a difference of approximately 10 percent.

Kaselakis, who had never before been a member of parliament or a minister, met with SYRIZA in 2021.

Kaselakis became a parliamentary candidate in the May and June 2023 general elections at the invitation of former SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, who brought SYRIZA to power in 2015, but did not qualify to enter parliament.

Kaselakis, 35, immigrated to the US at age 14 as a student on a full scholarship due to his outstanding success in mathematics, studied finance and economics, worked for a time at Goldman Sachs and then founded his own company in the field of maritime transport. (AA)