Grigoris Psarianos (Greek: ), born 1954 in Athens, is a Greek politician, a former member of the

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for The River, who was representing

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Biography

Ηe was born in 1954 in Athens. His mother was the sister of

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commander of Greek People's Liberation ArmyELAS . He studied at the Graduate School for Industrial Studies of Piraeus, which later became the

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. He then started a career of journalist and music producer. He worked for radio stations Athens 984, of which he was a founding member, Flash 961, 941 Communication, SevenX, KLIK FM 92,6 and

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, emitting daily from 1987 to 2010. He was a member of the

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KE (Interior)until 1987, and then a founding member of the

Greek Left Greek Left (, ''Elliniki Aristera'', ΕΑΡ; EAR) was a Greek political party. It emerged, in January 1987, from the split in the Communist Party of Greece (Interior) into the Communist Party of Greece (Interior)-Renewing Left and the Greek Lef ...

(EAR), of the

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coalition in '89-90 and of the Democratic Left (DIMAR). He was elected alderman of Athens with the ''open city'' list in the 2006 local election. He was first elected MP in the

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for

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and reelected in 2009 election. In 2010 he left Synaspismos (then part of the multi-party ''Syriza'' coalition) with fellow MPs

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, Thanasis Leventis and

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when the Renewal Wing platform of Synaspismos split from the party at its 6th congress. He was then reelected MP with DIMAR at the

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and June 2012 legislative election. He was expelled from DIMAR in 2014 and successfully competed in the

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and September 2015 for The River ('). Since May 2019 he belongs to the party Nea Demokratia.

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* * 1954 births Living people Politicians from Athens University of Piraeus alumni Greek television journalists Communist Party of Greece politicians Greek Left politicians Coalition of Left, of Movements and Ecology politicians The River (Greece) politicians Greek MPs 2007–2009 Greek MPs 2009–2012 Greek MPs 2012 (May) Greek MPs 2012–2014 Greek MPs 2015 (February–August) Greek MPs 2015–2019 {{Greece-politician-stub