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Bloomberg News reports:
Members of Greece’s leftist Syriza party elected Stefanos Kasselakis to head the country’s second-largest political party after the resignation of former leader Alexis Tsipras in June following a free fall in support for his party in two general elections earlier this year. Syriza’s new president also becomes the first openly-gay person to lead a Greek political party and has campaigned with his partner, Tyler McBeth, a 32-year-old American nurse.
“I don’t have a gay agenda. I have a human agenda,” Kasselakis said in a statement in August to announce his candidacy. Kasselakis has positioned himself as a self-made man who wants social equality, the separation of church and state and the abolition of compulsory military service. While still a student, he worked as a volunteer on the staff of then-Senator Joe Biden during the 2008 presidential campaign.
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Members of Greece’s leftist Syriza party elected Stefanos Kasselakis to head the country’s second-largest political party https://t.co/xKTjjFUG0q
— Bloomberg (@business) September 24, 2023
Stefanos Kasselakis wants to become Greece’s first openly LGBTQ+ prime minister and legalise same-sex marriage in his home country.
Kasselakis has said that “Greek people are ready to have a prime minister who is capable, incorruptible, unscathed and happens to be gay.” pic.twitter.com/Ywfc21AlQF
— Openly
Greece’s main opposition Syriza party has elected former Goldman Sachs trader Stefanos Kasselakis as its new leader.
It’s an unlikely move for a party founded on an anti-banker platform. https://t.co/2FbQzP4ATk
— POLITICOEurope (@POLITICOEurope) September 25, 2023
SYRIZA-PS Leadership Election Results(75% counted)
Stefanos Kasselakis: 56,69%
Effie Achtsioglou: 43,31% pic.twitter.com/ZpJvaPLXKf— Greece Elects (@GreeceElects) September 24, 2023