Panos Kammenos

Panagiotis " Panos " Kammenos (Greek Πάνος Καμμένος; born May 12, 1965 in Athens ) is a Greek politician and chairman of the party Anexartiti Ellines.

Biography

Kammenos studied economics and psychology at the University of Lyon. He was first elected as a Member of the New Democracy to the Greek Parliament in 1993. He was awarded the Order of Honor from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem.

He is married and the father of five children

Exit the Conservatives

The chairman of the New Democracy party, Antonis Samaras, convened Commission " obligation of conduct" announced on 16 November 2011 the exclusion of Kammenos from the ND Group, since he had voted for a vote of confidence against the coalition government of Prime Minister Loukas Papademos. The exclusion from the group but did not include the exit from the party. On 13 February 2012, he was, however, finally adopted with 20 other MPs from the party, as they voted against the "Memorandum 2 ," which was a prerequisite for the second package of EU assistance.

Founding of the party Anexartiti Ellines

On February 24, 2012, he thus formed his own party with the name " Anexartiti Ellines ". Independent Greeks they want to be freed from the influence of the Troika Greece now monitored since the acquisition of the claim in aid packages from the EU, ECB and IMF. Slogan of the party: " We are many, we are independent, we are Greeks. " (Greek " Είμαστε πολλοί, είμαστε ανεξάρτητοι, είμαστε Έλληνες ").

Before the elections in May 2012, he reiterated the statement that he would " not even dead" participate in a government that has the " saving madness of the Troika " subject, and that co-operation of his party with the parties, New Democracy, PASOK and LAOS excluded in any form is.