Gabriel Sakellaridis
{{Short description|Greek economist and politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Gabriel Sakellaridis
| native_name = Γαβριήλ Σακελλαρίδης
| honorific-suffix = MP
| image = Gabriel Sakellaridis 2014.jpg
| parliament = Hellenic
| constituency_MP = Athens A
| term = September – 19 November 2015
| term1 = February – July 2015
| office2 = Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and Government Spokesperson
| primeminister2 = Alexis Tsipras
| term_start2 = 27 January 2015
| term_end2 = 17 July 2015
| predecessor2 = Sofia Voultepsi
| successor2 = Olga Gerovasili
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|08|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nea Smyrni, Greece
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza) until 2024
New Left (Greece) since 2024
| alma_mater = Athens University of Economics and Business
The New School
}}
Gabriel Sakellaridis ({{langx|el|Γαβριήλ Σακελλαρίδης}}; born 20 August 1980) is a Greek economist and politician. From January 2015 to July 2015 he served as the Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and Government Spokesperson in the Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras. Since September 2017, he is the Greece country Director of Amnesty International.
Political career
File:Gabriel Sakellaridis a May 2014.jpg
At the 2014 local elections, he ran for the post of the mayor of Athens. In his campaign he advocated for an open city with less police but more quality of life.{{cite web|title=The men who would take Athens|first=George|last=Gilson|work=Enet.gr|url=http://www.enetenglish.gr/?i=news.en.article&id=1927|date=15 May 2014|accessdate=27 January 2015}} Finishing second, he reached the second round of the election, but then lost to incumbent Giorgos Kaminis.{{cite web|title=Municipal Election Results: Kaminis Remains Athens Mayor; Boutaris in Thessaloniki|work=Greek Reporter|url=http://greece.greekreporter.com/2014/05/26/municipal-election-results-kaminis-remains-athens-mayor-boutaris-in-thessaloniki/|date=26 May 2014|accessdate=27 January 2015}}
On his third attempt, Sakellaridis, placed on second position in the Athens A constituency, won a seat in the January 2015 legislative elections. He had before contested the consecutive May and June elections from unpromising positions in the Athens B constituency.
Following the government takeover by Syriza, he was appointed a Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and Government Spokesperson. In a government reshuffle on 17 July 2015, he switched his post with Olga Gerovasili who became government speaker, leaving him the post of a parliamentary spokesperson. Reelected in the subsequent September 2015 snap election, Sakellaridis however wasn't reappointed to Tsipras' second cabinet.
On 19 November 2015, Sakellaridis, who was a member of Syriza's moderately leftist "53+" faction, resigned from his parliamentary seat because he could no longer support the bailout and therefore couldn't "contribute to the implementation of government policies." Sakellaridis thereby announced his complete withdrawal from the main political scene.{{cite news |title=Sakellaridis resigns, says 'cannot contribute to implementation of gov't policies' |work=Kathimerini |url=http://www.ekathimerini.com/203577 |date=19 November 2015 |accessdate=20 November 2015}}
In September 2017 he was appointed as director of the Greek section of Amnesty International.{{Cite news|url=http://www.ekathimerini.com/221403/article/ekathimerini/news/ex-syriza-spokesman-heading-greece-section-of-amnesty-international|title=Ex-SYRIZA spokesman heading Greece section of Amnesty International {{!}} Kathimerini|access-date=2017-11-04|language=en}}
In February 2024 he returned to politics joining New Left (Greece) and assuming the position of the party's head of Political Planning.{{cite web | url=https://newsbulletin247.com/politics/488627.html | title=Gavriel Sakellaridis is responsible for Political Planning of the New Left }}
References
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External links
- {{facebook|gabriel.sakellaridis}}
- [http://anoihtipoli.gr/ Website] of Sakellaridis' 2014 Athens campaign
- {{Hellenic Parliament|6913b151-c2c5-48e9-a9fe-a434013df1cd}}
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Category:Politicians from Athens
Category:Athens University of Economics and Business alumni
Category:The New School alumni