Kostas Kappos (, March 1937 in Kefalovriso,

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– September 2005,

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) was an important

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communist. During the

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he was arrested and sent to Lakki in

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, where he was tortured. He was set free in 1971. In 1972 he became a member of the Office of the Central Secretariat of the

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, and in 1973 a member of the Central Committee of the

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. In 1974 he was arrested again, then set free after the Junta's fall. In the elections of 1974, the first where the Communist Party was allowed to stand after the

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, he won a seat in the

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, and in 1975 he testified at the Greek Junta Trials. He was elected a member of the CC of the CP of Greece in every Congress until June 1989. In 1989, he expressed his disagreement with CPG's decision to form a joint government with the conservative party of

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and he participated in the formation of a new organisation named

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, where he was elected member of its 31-member Committee.Short bio from his death announcement
/ref> He wrote nine books and also contributed to the communist theory with his essays. Kappos' core idea about the construction of Socialism is developed in his book "Criticism of the Soviet formation". Until his death Kostas Kappos was sending part of his Parliament retirement pension to

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and the Cuban government as "help to the

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Page about Kostas Kappos

Announcement of his death in the media
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kappos, Kostas 1937 births 2005 deaths People from Argos-Mykines Greek atheists Communist Party of Greece politicians Greek MPs 1974–1977 Greek MPs 1977–1981 Greek MPs 1981–1985 Greek MPs 1985–1989 Greek MPs 1989 (June–November)