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Alexis Tsipras
Leader of Syriza Alexis Tsipras, 2012.
Alexis Tsipras first became prime minister of Greece on January 26, 2015.12
He assumed the office after leading the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza) to victory in a snap parliamentary election held in January 2015, following the dissolution of parliament when the previous government failed to elect a new president.23