Alexis Haritsis

Alexis Haritsis
Αλέξης Χαρίτσης
Haritsis in 2023
President of New Left
Assumed office
4 December 2023
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
Assumed office
7 July 2019
Minister of Interior
In office
29 August 2018 – 13 June 2019
Prime MinisterAlexis Tsipras
Preceded byPanos Skourletis
Succeeded byAntonis Roupakiotis
Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs of Greece
In office
5 November 2016 – 29 August 2018
Prime MinisterAlexis Tsipras
Deputy Minister for Economy, Development and Tourism
In office
23 September 2015 – 5 November 2016
Prime MinisterAlexis Tsipras
Preceded byNone
Succeeded byStergios Pitsiorlas
Personal details
Born (1977-08-10) 10 August 1977 (age 47)
Kalamata, Greece
CitizenshipGreece
Political partyNew Left (2023–present)
Other political
affiliations
EducationNational Technical University of Athens
OccupationElectrical engineer

Alexis Haritsis (born 10 August 1977) is a Greek politician, Member of the Hellenic Parliament since 2019 and President of New Left since 2023.

He studied electrical engineering, specialising in Renewable Energy Sources and participated in left-wing formations, organising from 2008 in Synaspismos and then in SYRIZA. From 2015 to 2019, he served successively as Deputy Minister of Economy, Deputy Minister of Economy and Development and Minister of Interior in the Syriza government. He was elected as an MP with SYRIZA in the 2019 and 2023 elections. He was one of the SYRIZA central committee members that left Syriza to form New Left in 2023.


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