Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has hearalded a strategic transformation of his party following his election win. Addressing his party’s central committee meeting which set out the party’s key priorities ahead of the main congress in February, Tsipras announced the party’s restructuring.

SYRIZA’s leader wants to be certain that he won’t find the arty against him during times when he wants to make difficult reforms. On the contrary, he wants his party’s support when implementing tough reforms that go against the party’s fundamental beliefs prior to the January 25 elections.

In an effort to fortify the leadership, Tsipras gave Giannis Dragasakis, Euclid Tsakalotos and Aristidis Baltas in the party’s political administration. He had also hoped to give Education Minister Nikos Filis a role in the party’s political administration. On his part, Filis cited difficult reforms that need to be made in the education sector that would not allow him to take on such a task.

Members of the political administration that had been selected by the SYRIZA central committee:

1) Alexis Tsipras
2) Panagiotis Rigas
3) Haris Golemis
4) Giannis Dragasakis
5) Nasos Iliopoulos
6) Petros Karageorgos
7) Antonis Kotsakas
8) Panos Lambrou
9) Aristidis Baltas
10) Giannis Bournous
11) Nikos Pavlidis
12) Manolis Sarris
13) Rania Svingou
14) Nikos Skorinis
15) Euclid Tsakalotos
16) Michael Ydraios
17) Marika Frangaki