Alexis Tsipras

Alexis Tsipras
Αλέξης Τσίπρας
Tsipras in 2022
Leader of the Opposition
In office 8 July 2019 – 29 June 2023
Prime Minister	Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded by	Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Succeeded by	Sokratis Famellos
In office 20 June 2012 – 26 January 2015
Prime Minister	Antonis Samaras
Preceded by	Antonis Samaras
Succeeded by	Antonis Samaras
Prime Minister of Greece
In office 21 September 2015 – 8 July 2019
President	Prokopis Pavlopoulos
Deputy	Yannis Dragasakis
Preceded by	Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou
Succeeded by	Kyriakos Mitsotakis
In office 26 January 2015 – 27 August 2015
President	Karolos Papoulias Prokopis Pavlopoulos
Deputy	Yannis Dragasakis
Preceded by	Antonis Samaras
Succeeded by	Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 20 October 2018 – 15 February 2019
Preceded by	Nikos Kotzias
Succeeded by	Georgios Katrougalos
Leader of Syriza
In office 7 September 2009 – 29 June 2023
Preceded by	Alekos Alavanos
Succeeded by	Stefanos Kasselakis
Personal details
Born	(1974-07-28) 28 July 1974 Athens, Greece
Political party	ELAS (2026–present) Communist Party (1988–1991) Synaspismos (1991–2013) Syriza (2009–2025)
Domestic partner	Peristera Baziana
Children	2
Education	National Technical University of Athens
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Alexis Tsipras (Greek: Αλέξης Τσίπρας, pronounced [aˈleksis ˈt͡sipras]; born 28 July 1974) is a Greek politician. He served as the Leader of the Opposition from 2019 to 2023 and as president of Syriza from 2009 to 2023. He was Prime Minister of Greece from 2015 to 2019.^[1]

Tsipras has been described as a democratic socialist. A major issue of his term has been dealing with the Greek debt crisis.