Editing Dimitris Koutsoumpas

{{Infobox politician|native_name=Δημήτρης Κουτσούμπας|name=Dimitris Koutsoumpas|birth_date=10 August 1955|birth_place=Lamia, [[Kingdom of Greece (1832–1973)|Greece]]|nationality=Greek|political_line=[[Marxism–Leninism]] (claimed)<br>[[KKE Model]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<ref>{{Web citation|author=Department for the Equality of Women of the CC of KKE|newspaper=Communist Party of Greece|title=On the Cohabitation Agreement|date=2016|url=https://inter.kke.gr/en/articles/On-The-Cohabitation-Agreement/|retrieved=2023-10-09|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=Central Committee of the KKE|newspaper=Communist Party of Greece|title=KKE's positions on civil marriage for same-sex couples and its impact on children's rights|date=2024-01-29|url=https://www.kke.gr/article/Oi-theseis-toy-KKE-gia-ton-politiko-gamo-ton-omofylon-zeygarion-kai-tis-epiptoseis-toy-sta-dikaiomata-ton-paidion/|retrieved=2024-01-30}}</ref>|image=Dimitris Koutsoumpas.png}}

'''Dimitris Koutsoumpas''' is the General Secretary of the [[Communist Party of Greece|KKE]].<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[In Defense of Communism]]|title=Speech by Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the KKE, at the quadripartite meeting of the 8th of July|date=2022-07-08|url=http://www.idcommunism.com/2022/07/speech-by-dimitris-koutsoumbas-general-secretary-of-kke-at-the-quadripartite-meeting-of-8th-july.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905045446/http://www.idcommunism.com/2022/07/speech-by-dimitris-koutsoumbas-general-secretary-of-kke-at-the-quadripartite-meeting-of-8th-july.html|archive-date=2022-09-05|retrieved=2022-09-25}}</ref>

== Political Career ==
In 1987, he was elected into the party's [[Central Committee]] and in 1996 to the party's [[Politburo]]. He also became the director of Rizospastis that same year.

He got elected as General Secretary in the 19th Party Congress on 14 April 2013, succeeding [[Aleka Papariga]].<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Kathimerini|title=Βιογραφικό Κουτσούμπα|date=2013-04-14|url=http://www.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_kathremote_1_14/04/2013_493676|retrieved=2023-10-14}}</ref>

During his tenure as General Secretary, KKE has voted against the Cohabilitation Agreement in 2015 and is planning to vote against the Homosexual Marriage agreement as well.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Department for the Equality of Women of the CC of KKE|newspaper=Communist Party of Greece|title=On the Cohabitation Agreement|date=2016|url=https://inter.kke.gr/en/articles/On-The-Cohabitation-Agreement/|retrieved=2023-10-09|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=Central Committee of the KKE|newspaper=Communist Party of Greece|title=KKE's positions on civil marriage for same-sex couples and its impact on children's rights|date=2024-01-29|url=https://www.kke.gr/article/Oi-theseis-toy-KKE-gia-ton-politiko-gamo-ton-omofylon-zeygarion-kai-tis-epiptoseis-toy-sta-dikaiomata-ton-paidion/|retrieved=2024-01-30}}</ref>

== References ==
[[Category:Communists]]