Former Goldman Sachs associate and political novice Stefanos Kasselakis on Sunday was elected leader of Greece’s leftist Syriza party, the country’s main opposition, which is hoping for a comeback after a heavy defeat in a national election.
Syriza was catapulted to power at the height of Greece’s debt crisis in 2015, but lost to the conservative New Democracy party in 2019 and in June 2023.
Kasselakis, 35, who describes himself as a self-made shipping entrepreneur, was racing against Effie Achtsioglou, 38, a lawyer and former labour minister.
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