Aleka Papariga
Alexandra " Aleka " Papa Riga, greek Αλέκα Παπαρήγα, ( born November 5, in Athens in 1945 ) is a communist Greek politician. She was from 1991 until April 2013 Secretary General of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE ).
Biography
Papa Riga comes from a left family. Already their parents were members of the KKE and fought in the resistance against the German occupation. Papa Riga graduated from the Historically - archaeological department the Philosophical Faculty of the University Athens. Thereafter she was eight years long active in the Accounting of various companies and worked simultaneously as a private teacher. Since 1976 they operates exclusively in Party and social as well as political functions. Papa Riga is widowed and has a daughter.
Political career
Your first political steps made Papa Riga in 1961 as 16 -year-old in Greek peace movement and as a member of the youth movement of the time the only legal left-wing party EDA (United Democratic Left ). Before the military dictatorship from 1967 to 1974 she was active in various school and student movements, so the board of the student organization, and then on the board of student organization " Democratic Lambrakis Youth". During the military rule, she joined the illegal KKE and was active in the solidarity movement for political prisoners.
After the end of military dictatorship, she became a member of the Presidium of the Party Committee of the City of Athens ( KOA) and was active in the Communist women's organization, which they then board until 1981.
1978 Aleka Papa Riga was first elected to the Central Committee, since 1986 she has been a member of the Political Bureau of the KKE. In February 1991, she was elected at the 13th Party Congress to the Secretary General of the KKE - the first woman, the same as the first Greek party leader. It has been ever since re-elected until they declared in April 2013, no longer a candidate for this position. The Greek Parliament heard Papa Riga since the 1993 election as Members of the second Athenian constituency to.