Dimitris Koutsoumpas

Dimitris Koutsoumpas (Greek: Δημήτρης Κουτσούμπας, pronounced [ðiˈmitris kuˈt͡sumbas]; born 10 August 1955) is a Greek communist politician and member of the Hellenic Parliament who has been the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) since 14 April 2013.

His family were militants in the Greek resistance as part of the National Liberation Front, and some of them were executed by the Nazi troops during the Axis occupation of Greece or by the military courts in the period of the Greek Civil War; the rest were imprisoned and exiled.

[3] Koutsoumpas graduated from high school in June 1973, took the Apolytirion (Panhellenic entrance exam) and studied law.

[2] Koutsoumpas started his political career as a member of the Communist Youth of Greece, participating at the Athens Polytechnic uprising against the Regime of the Colonels in November 1973.

In October 2023, he emerged as the most popular political figure in the country for the first time according to a poll by Metron Analysis for Mega TV, with a 47% approval rating, ahead of the incumbent prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at 44%.