Editing Alekos Alavanos (section)

{{short description|Greek politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Alexandros Alavanos
| native_name         = {{Nobold|{{Lang|el|Αλέκος Αλαβάνος}}}}
| image               = MEP Alekos Alavanos.jpg
| caption             = Alekos Alavanos
| office              = [[Synaspismos|President of Synaspismos]]
| term_start          = 12 December 2004
| term_end            = 11 February 2008
| predecessor         = [[Nikos Konstantopoulos]]
| successor           = [[Alexis Tsipras]]
| constituency_MP1    = [[Greece (European Parliament constituency)|Greece]]
| parliament1         = European
| term_start1         = 15 June 1989
| term_end1           = 13 June 2004
| term_start2         = 18 October 1981
| term_end2           = 17 June 1984
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1950|05|22|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Athens]], Greece
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Plan B (Greece)|Plan B]] (2013–2018)
| otherparty          = [[Communist Party of Greece|KKE]] (?–1991) <br /> [[Coalition of the Radical Left|SYRIZA]] (1991–2013)
| parents             = 
| profession          = 
}}

'''Alexandros 'Alekos' Alavanos''' ({{langx|el|Αλέξανδρος 'Αλέκος' Αλαβάνος}}; born 22 May 1950 in [[Athens]]) is a [[Greece|Greek]] politician, former member of the [[Hellenic Parliament]] and the [[European Parliament]]. From 2004 until 2008 he was president of the [[Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology]], commonly known as ''Synaspismos''. He was parliamentary leader of the wider [[Coalition of the Radical Left]] (SYRIZA).