Alexis Tsipras (Greek: Αλέξης Τσίπρας, pronounced [aˈleksis ˈt͡sipras]; born 28 July 1974) is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2015 to 2019.
A left-wing figure, Tsipras was leader of the Greek political party Syriza from 2008 to 2023. Tsipras is the fourth prime minister who has governed in the course of the 2010s Greek government-debt crisis. Originally an outspoken critic of the austerity policies implemented during the crisis, his tenure in office was marked by an intense austerity policy, mostly in the context of the third EU bailout to Greece (2015–18).
Tsipras was born in Athens in 1974. He joined the Communist Youth of Greece in the late 1980s and in the 1990s was politically active in student protests against education reform plans, becoming the movement's spokesperson. He studied civil engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, graduating in 2000, and later undertook post-graduate studies in urban and regional planning. He worked as a civil engineer in the construction industry, based primarily in Athens.
From 1999 to 2003, Tsipras served as the secretary of Synaspismos Youth. He was elected as a member of the Central Committee of Synaspismos in 2004 and later the Political Secretariat. In the 2006 local election, he ran as Syriza's candidate for Mayor of Athens, winning 10.5%. In 2008, he was elected as leader of Syriza, succeeding Alekos Alavanos. He was first elected to the Hellenic Parliament representing Athens A in the 2009 election and was re-elected in May and June 2012, subsequently becoming Leader of the Opposition and appointing his own shadow cabinet.
In January 2015, Tsipras led Syriza to victory in a snap legislative election, winning 149 out of 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament and forming a coalition with the Independent Greeks. On 20 August 2015, seven months into his term as prime minister he lost his majority after intraparty defections, announced his resignation, and called for a snap election to take place the following month. In the September 2015 election that followed, Tsipras led Syriza to another victory, winning 145 out of 300 seats and re-forming the coalition with the Independent Greeks. As prime minister, he oversaw negotiations regarding the Greek government-debt crisis, initiated the Greek bailout referendum, responded to the European migrant crisis, and signed the Prespa agreement. In 2015, he was named by TIME magazine as one of the 100 most influential people globally. Τwo years later however, in 2017, according to the same magazine, he was on the list of the least popular (less than 40% approval rating) heads of government in the world.
After the crushing double defeat of Syriza in both the May and the June 2023 snap elections, Alexis Tsipras decided to resign on 29 June 2023. In his resignation statement he stressed that SYRIZA has come full circle - that the party needs a profound renewal in order to be able to regain its credibility among citizens. “...It would be hypocritical of me to propose the need for a process of profound renewal and refoundation only with my words, if I do not serve it at the same time with my attitude...” he added.
28 กรกฎาคม ค.ศ. 1974 เป็น วันอาทิตย์ ใต้เครื่องหมายดาวของ ♌ เป็นวันที่ 208 ของปี ประธานาธิบดีแห่งสหรัฐอเมริกาคือ Richard M. Nixon
ถ้าคุณเกิดในวันนี้ แสดงว่าคุณอายุ 51 ปี วันเกิดล่าสุดของคุณคือเมื่อ วันจันทร์ที่ 28 กรกฎาคม ค.ศ. 2025, 49 วันที่ผ่านมา วันเกิดครั้งต่อไปของคุณคือวันที่ วันอังคารที่ 28 กรกฎาคม ค.ศ. 2026 ในอีก 315 วัน คุณมีชีวิตอยู่ได้ 18,677 วัน หรือประมาณ 448,255 ชั่วโมง หรือประมาณ 26,895,326 นาที หรือประมาณ 1,613,719,560 วินาที
Date: 29 July 1974
ed on ITU ratification of agreement to automate composing rooms of NY Times and Daily News holds action reflects welcome new maturity in relationships on newspaper labor front; says agreement can represent passport to mutually beneficial era of improved service to reading public
Date: 28 July 1974
Special to The New York Times
Brit Govt has offered to lend $4.2-million to group of newspaper workers to buy plant of Scottish Daily Express that ceased publication and start their own cooperative; closing of paper cost jobs of 1,800 journalists and production workers
Date: 28 July 1974
Peru's mil Govt on July 27 takes over country's 8 major ind newspapers and announces it will turn them over to Peruvian labor groups; announces move was made in natl interest but appears to be blow to freedom of expression
Date: 28 July 1974
By DAVID K. SHIPLERSpecial to The New York Times
David SHIPLERSpecial
Despite assurances from S Vietnamese Premier Tran Thien Khiem that press could rept fully on July 26 questioning of Cabinet members by Natl Assembly, leading papers carry softened accounts that exclude attack on Pres Thieu; no paper repts declaration by opposition deputy Vu Cong Minh 'I hope that Pres Thieu resigns soon, in order to save the country'; other unreptd items including further attacks on Thieu cited; situation seen as case study of deeply ingrained censorship (M)
Date: 29 July 1974
By PAUL L. MONTGOMERY
Paul MONTGOMERY
Members of ITU Local 6 on July 28 approve landmark contract opening way for automation of typesetting at NY Times and NY News; union pres Bertram Powers repts he is proud of contract and predicts 'more changes in the next ten years than any working men have ever seen'; contract has been described by both sides as signaling end of yrs of resistance by printers to use of computers and electronic typesetting machines to replace their craft; gives publishers free hand in introducing new equipment and in determining number of employes necessary to operate it; 1,400 regular printers and 385 full-time substitutes have recd virtual lifetime job security, with bonuses and other incentives if they choose to retire or go into another line of work; other contract provisions noted; union sec-treas Thomas Kopeck comments; illus of Powers (M)
Date: 28 July 1974
Former NYS Gov Nelson Rockefeller on July 26 says US owes great deal to press for uncovering Watergate scandals (S)
Date: 29 July 1974
By Daniel I. Davidson
Daniel Davidson
Daniel I Davidson, 1 of 17 Govt officials and newsmen wiretapped by Nixon Adm, says intitial reaction to State Sec H A Kissinger's demand for vindication of his honor demonstrates to him that many liberal Sens are willing to apply different standard when judging conduct of Pres and his State Sec; discusses possible violations of criminal law; discusses allegations against Kissinger; holds that if Sen Foreign Relations Com exonerates Kissinger they will in essence be proclaiming that normal rules of conduct are not applicable to Kissinger
Date: 28 July 1974
Jordanian Govt on July 27 lifts censorship of country's 4 daily and 6 wkly newspapers which was imposed just before Oct '73 Middle East war (S)
Date: 29 July 1974
By RICHARD D. LYONSSpecial to The New York Time
Dems on House Judiciary Com draft 2d article of impeachment that accuses Pres Nixon of, among other things, creating so-called 'plumbers' unit and permitting it to use his re-election campaign funds to engage in 'covert and unlawful activities' (S)