Nikos Alivizatos

Nikos Alivizatos (Greek: Νίκος Αλιβιζάτος, born 1949) is a Greek jurist and professor of Constitutional Law in the University of Athens.

On 17 February 2015, he was nominated by the The River party as a candidate for the presidency of the Republic in the Greek presidential election, 2014–15.^[1] He stood against Prokopis Pavlopoulos, a veteran New Democracy politician, nominated by SYRIZA and supported by ND, SYRIZA and the latter's coalition partner, ANEL. Alivizatos was also supported by the socialist PASOK. On 18 February, Pavlopoulos was elected as the new President of the Republic with 233 votes in favour, while 30 were for Alivizatos, and 32 MPs (from the Communists and Golden Dawn) voted "present".^[2]

References

^ "Τον Νίκο Αλιβιζάτο προτείνει για Πρόεδρο το Ποτάμι" (in Greek). in.gr. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ "Πρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας με 233 ψήφους ο Προκόπης Παυλόπουλος" (in Greek). in.gr. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

[1] "Τον Νίκο Αλιβιζάτο προτείνει για Πρόεδρο το Ποτάμι" (in Greek). in.gr. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

[2] "Πρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας με 233 ψήφους ο Προκόπης Παυλόπουλος" (in Greek). in.gr. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

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