Eleftherios Synadinos (Greek: Ελευθέριος Συναδινός; born 6 July 1955) is a retired Greek army officer and politician.
Eleftherios Synadinos | |
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 Synadinos in 2014 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Greece | |
| In office 2014–2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 July 1955 |
| Political party | Patriotic Radical Union (2018–present) Golden Dawn (2014–2018) |
Biography
editSynadinos was born in Argos Orestiko. He is a retired army officer. He advanced to the rank of Lieutenant General, commanding the Greek Army's special forces. He served in a variety of positions in NATO coordination bodies, and in the Greek forces opposed to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.[1]
He was elected Member of the European Parliament with the Greek Golden Dawn party in the 2014 European elections.[2] He remained with the Golden Dawn party from 2014 until 21 April 2018, when he sat as an independent MEP.
On 9 March 2016, he was expelled from Plenary by the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, for calling Turks “dirty and polluted” during a debate.[3] Referencing article 165 of the European Parliament's rules of procedure, Schulz stated that Synadinos' sentence represented “a breach of the values of the EU”.
On 22 June 2018, in Thessaloniki, he announced the founding declaration of his new political party called Patriotic Radical Union. In the 2019 European elections, his party ran on a common ballot with the LAOS party. The list gathered 1.23% and as such it failed to elect any MEP.
References
edit- ^ "Retired generals to fight Euro election on Golden Dawn ticket". Home. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ "Eleftherios SYNADINOS". Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ Kostaki, Irene (9 March 2016). "Schulz expels Golden Dawn MEP Synadinos for calling Turks "dirty and polluted" in racist rant". New Europe. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
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