Yiannis Panagopoulos has been re-elected president of the Greek General Confederation of Labour (GSEE) for another three-year term, following today’s meeting of the new administration that emerged from the elections of its 39th Congress.

A key change in the new leadership is the appointment of Antonis Karras, head of DAKE, as General Secretary. The position was previously held by Nikos Fotopoulos, who resigned from the GSEE board after his faction (EMEIS/ARKI) saw its representation reduced (from 3 to 2 seats), handing his seat to Kostas Genidounias.

It is recalled that PASKE emerged as the leading force, gaining one additional seat (20 seats in total) and reaching 42.8%. Yiannis Panagopoulos will continue to lead the GSEE—a position he is not expected to relinquish anytime soon, as his opponents comment, while cases concerning alleged misappropriation of EU funds and asset declarations remain pending with the prosecutor.

The GSEE presidium is composed as follows:

President: Ioannis Panagopoulos
Vice President: Evangelos Pallis
General Secretary: Antonis Karras
Deputy General Secretary: Athanasios Danousis
Organizational Secretary: Apostolos Ravtopoulos
Deputy Organizational Secretary: Efstathios Charitos
Financial Secretary: Dimitrios Tachmatzidis
Deputy Financial Secretary: Konstantinos Koulouris

Executive Committee Members:
Despina Konstantinou
Konstantina Gkogaki
Nikolaos Mavrokefalos
Georgios Stefanakis
Ioannis Tasioulas
Dimitrios Broussas
Konstantinos Genidounias

Also elected were the heads of the following GSEE Secretariats:

Communication & Social Media: Georgios Christopoulos
Equality & Individual/Social Rights: Theodora (Dora) Goulas
Ecology & Environment: Ioannis Gkoutzamanis
Health & Safety at Work: Andreas Stoimenidis