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{{Infobox politician|name=Kyriakos Mitsotakis|native_name=Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης|birth_date=4 March 1968|birth_place=Athens, Greece|political_orientation=[[Neoliberalism]]<br> [[Imperialism]]<br> [[Anti-immigration]] <br>[[Zionism]]|political_party=[[New Democracy (political party in the Hellenic Republic)|New Democracy]]|image=Koulis.jpeg}} | {{Infobox politician|name=Kyriakos Mitsotakis|native_name=Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης|birth_date=4 March 1968|birth_place=Athens, Greece|political_orientation=[[Neoliberalism]]<br> [[Imperialism]]<br> [[Anti-communism]]<br>[[Anti-immigration]] <br>[[Zionism]]|political_party=[[New Democracy (political party in the Hellenic Republic)|New Democracy]]|image=Koulis.jpeg}} | ||
'''Kyriakos Mitsotakis''' is a Greek politician who is the current prime minister of [[Greece]] and the current leader of New Democracy. | '''Kyriakos Mitsotakis''' is a Greek politician who is the current prime minister of [[Greece]] and the current leader of New Democracy. | ||
== Policies == | == Policies == | ||
=== Autocracy === | |||
Mitsotakis, since his election, has applied increasingly neoliberal policies with privatizations and reducing of workers' rights. | Mitsotakis, since his election, has applied increasingly neoliberal policies with privatizations and reducing of workers' rights. | ||
Mitsotakis has received criticism for heightened [[corruption]] during his term,<ref name=":1">{{Citation |date=22 August 2022 |title=The Rot at the Heart of Greece Is Now Clear for Everyone to See |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/22/opinion/greece-mitsotakis-predator-spyware.html |access-date=2 September 2022 |website=New York Times}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Citation |last=Tsimitakis |first=Matthaios |date=2022-09-21 |title=Greek PM's Wiretapping Scandal Can't be Justified by Foreign Threats |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2022/09/21/greek-pms-wiretapping-scandal-cant-be-justified-by-foreign-threats/ |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Balkan Insight |language=en-US}}</ref> as well as a deterioration of [[freedom of the press]] in [[Greece]].<ref name=":3">{{Citation |date=8 August 2022 |title=How Greece became Europe's worst place for press freedom |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/greece-became-europe-worst-place-press-freedom/ |access-date=2 September 2022 |website=Politico}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Citation |date=23 April 2022 |title=Greece: Media freedom under assault |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/4/23/greece-media-freedom-under-assault |access-date=2 September 2022 |website=AlJazeera}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Citation |date=15 May 2022 |title=The worrying decline of press freedom in Greece |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/05/15/the-worrying-decline-of-press-freedom-in-greece_5983579_4.html |access-date=2 September 2022 |website=Le Monde}}</ref> His term was marred by the [[Hellenic Republic#Government Surveillance|2022 wiretapping scandal]]<ref name=":6">{{Citation |date=30 August 2022 |title=Greek 'Watergate' tarnishes reputation of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/08/30/greek-watergate-tarnishes-reputation-of-prime-minister-kyriakos-mitsotakis_5995271_4.html |access-date=2 September 2022 |website=Le Monde}}</ref> and the [[Hellenic Republic#Tempi train crash|Tempi Train crash]].<ref name=":7">{{Citation |last=Ritchie |first=Eleni Giokos,Hannah |date=2023-03-05 |title=Greek protests over train crash flare despite prime minister's apology |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/05/europe/greek-prime-minister-apologizes-intl/index.html |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> | Mitsotakis has received criticism for heightened [[corruption]] during his term,<ref name=":1">{{Citation |date=22 August 2022 |title=The Rot at the Heart of Greece Is Now Clear for Everyone to See |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/22/opinion/greece-mitsotakis-predator-spyware.html |access-date=2 September 2022 |website=New York Times}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Citation |last=Tsimitakis |first=Matthaios |date=2022-09-21 |title=Greek PM's Wiretapping Scandal Can't be Justified by Foreign Threats |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2022/09/21/greek-pms-wiretapping-scandal-cant-be-justified-by-foreign-threats/ |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Balkan Insight |language=en-US}}</ref> as well as a deterioration of [[freedom of the press]] in [[Greece]].<ref name=":3">{{Citation |date=8 August 2022 |title=How Greece became Europe's worst place for press freedom |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/greece-became-europe-worst-place-press-freedom/ |access-date=2 September 2022 |website=Politico}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Citation |date=23 April 2022 |title=Greece: Media freedom under assault |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/4/23/greece-media-freedom-under-assault |access-date=2 September 2022 |website=AlJazeera}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Citation |date=15 May 2022 |title=The worrying decline of press freedom in Greece |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/05/15/the-worrying-decline-of-press-freedom-in-greece_5983579_4.html |access-date=2 September 2022 |website=Le Monde}}</ref> His term was marred by the [[Hellenic Republic#Government Surveillance|2022 wiretapping scandal]]<ref name=":6">{{Citation |date=30 August 2022 |title=Greek 'Watergate' tarnishes reputation of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/08/30/greek-watergate-tarnishes-reputation-of-prime-minister-kyriakos-mitsotakis_5995271_4.html |access-date=2 September 2022 |website=Le Monde}}</ref> and the [[Hellenic Republic#Tempi train crash|Tempi Train crash]].<ref name=":7">{{Citation |last=Ritchie |first=Eleni Giokos,Hannah |date=2023-03-05 |title=Greek protests over train crash flare despite prime minister's apology |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/05/europe/greek-prime-minister-apologizes-intl/index.html |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> | ||
=== Pro-Zionism === | |||
Mitsotakis has also supported [["Israel"]] during the [[Operation Flood of Al-Aqsa]], implicitly calling Palestinians "uncivilized people". | Mitsotakis has also supported [["Israel"]] during the [[Operation Flood of Al-Aqsa]], implicitly calling Palestinians "uncivilized people". | ||
[[File:"Israel" flag in the Hellenic Parliament building.png|thumb|The flag of the Zionist Entity in the Parliament building, Syntagma Square, Athens. ]] | [[File:"Israel" flag in the Hellenic Parliament building.png|thumb|The flag of the Zionist Entity in the Parliament building, Syntagma Square, Athens. ]] | ||
== Political Positions == | |||
=== Anti-communism === | |||
Mitsotakis has said that the [[National Liberation Front (Greece)|National Liberation Front]], the primary resistance against the [[Nazi]] occupiers, was the worst historical period of Greece. <ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Το Ποντίκι|title=Μητσοτάκης για ΕΑΜ: Από τις χειρότερες στιγμές της ελληνικής Ιστορίας – Τσίπρας: Η Εθνική Αντίσταση είναι αναγνωρισμένη|date=2023-02-07|url=https://www.topontiki.gr/2023/02/07/mitsotakis-gia-eam-apo-tis-chiroteres-stigmes-tis-ellinikis-istorias-tsipras-i-ethniki-antistasi-ine-anagnorismeni/|retrieved=2023-12-19|quote=Νομίζω ότι όλοι μπορούν να βγάλουν τα συμπεράσματά τους από τις ιστορικές αναφορές που το κάθε κόμμα επιδιώκει να αναδείξει. Εμείς, ας πούμε, αναδεικνύουμε την αποκατάσταση της δημοκρατίας από τη Νέα Δημοκρατία και τον Κωνσταντίνο Καραμανλή. Εσείς επιμένετε να μας θυμίζετε τις χειρότερες στιγμές της ελληνικής ιστορίας και τους εμφύλιους διχασμούς, που αυτός ο τόπος πλήρωσε πολύ ακριβά}}</ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 20:02, 19 December 2023
Kyriakos Mitsotakis Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης | |
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| Born | 4 March 1968 Athens, Greece |
| Political orientation | Neoliberalism Imperialism Anti-communism Anti-immigration Zionism |
| Political party | New Democracy |
Kyriakos Mitsotakis is a Greek politician who is the current prime minister of Greece and the current leader of New Democracy.
Policies
Autocracy
Mitsotakis, since his election, has applied increasingly neoliberal policies with privatizations and reducing of workers' rights.
Mitsotakis has received criticism for heightened corruption during his term,[1][2] as well as a deterioration of freedom of the press in Greece.[3][4][5] His term was marred by the 2022 wiretapping scandal[6] and the Tempi Train crash.[7]
Pro-Zionism
Mitsotakis has also supported "Israel" during the Operation Flood of Al-Aqsa, implicitly calling Palestinians "uncivilized people".
Political Positions
Anti-communism
Mitsotakis has said that the National Liberation Front, the primary resistance against the Nazi occupiers, was the worst historical period of Greece. [8]
References
- ↑ The Rot at the Heart of Greece Is Now Clear for Everyone to See (22 August 2022).
- ↑ Greek PM's Wiretapping Scandal Can't be Justified by Foreign Threats (2022-09-21).
- ↑ How Greece became Europe's worst place for press freedom (8 August 2022).
- ↑ Greece: Media freedom under assault (23 April 2022).
- ↑ The worrying decline of press freedom in Greece (15 May 2022).
- ↑ Greek 'Watergate' tarnishes reputation of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (30 August 2022).
- ↑ Greek protests over train crash flare despite prime minister's apology (2023-03-05).
- ↑ “Νομίζω ότι όλοι μπορούν να βγάλουν τα συμπεράσματά τους από τις ιστορικές αναφορές που το κάθε κόμμα επιδιώκει να αναδείξει. Εμείς, ας πούμε, αναδεικνύουμε την αποκατάσταση της δημοκρατίας από τη Νέα Δημοκρατία και τον Κωνσταντίνο Καραμανλή. Εσείς επιμένετε να μας θυμίζετε τις χειρότερες στιγμές της ελληνικής ιστορίας και τους εμφύλιους διχασμούς, που αυτός ο τόπος πλήρωσε πολύ ακριβά”
"Μητσοτάκης για ΕΑΜ: Από τις χειρότερες στιγμές της ελληνικής Ιστορίας – Τσίπρας: Η Εθνική Αντίσταση είναι αναγνωρισμένη" (2023-02-07). Το Ποντίκι. Retrieved 2023-12-19.