Panagiotis Lafazanis
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Panagiotis Lafazanis MP |
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| Παναγιώτης Λαφαζάνης | |
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| Leader of Popular Unity | |
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Assumed office 21 August 2015 |
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| Preceded by | office established |
| Minister of Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy | |
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In office 27 January 2015 – 17 July 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Giannis Maniatis |
| Succeeded by | Panos Skourletis |
| Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Piraeus B | |
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In office 9 April 2000 – 20 September 2015 |
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| Personal details | |
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19 November 1951 Elefsina, Greece |
| Political party |
Popular Unity (2015–present) Syriza (2004–2015) |
Panagiotis Lafazanis (Greek: Παναγιώτης Λαφαζάνης, Greek pronunciation: [panaˌʝotis lafaˈzanis]; born 19 November 1951) is a Greek politician. On 21 August 2015, he was named the leader of a new Greek left-wing political party, Popular Unity. Previously he was a member of Syriza, and from 27 January to 17 July 2015 he served in the cabinet of Alexis Tsipras as the Minister of Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy.
Born in Elefsina, Lafazanis attended the faculty of mathematics at the University of Athens but did not graduate.
Lafazanis was involved in the Communist Party of Greece until the 1992 formation of Synaspismos, where he served as a member of the Political Secretariat.
Lafazanis was first elected as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Piraeus B at the 2000 Greek legislative election, representing Synaspismos. He was re-elected at the 2004 legislative election, the 2009 election (this time representing Syriza), the May 2012 election, the June 2012 election and the January 2015 election.
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