Dimitris Koutsoumpas

Dimitrios Koutsoumbas (; born 10 August 1955), known as Dimitris Koutsoumbas (, ) is a Greek communist politician and member of the Hellenic Parliament who has been the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) since 14 April 2013.

Early life and education Koutsoumbas was born on 10 August 1955 in Lamia, Greece. His family were militants in the Greek resistance as part of the National Liberation Front, and some of them were executed by the Nazi troops during the Axis occupation of Greece or by the military courts in the period of the Greek Civil War; the rest were imprisoned and exiled. His father, Apostolis Koutsoumbas, a member of the KKE, was exiled for his political actions; he was arrested in 1945 in Larissa, tried, imprisoned, and exiled for eight years. Koutsoumbas graduated from high school in June 1973, took the Apolytirion (Panhellenic entrance exam) and studied law. He entered the Law Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

At the 19th Party Congress on 14 April 2013, Koutsoumbas was elected as the General Secretary of the Central Committee, succeeding Aleka Papariga. Since January 2015, he has been a member of the Hellenic Parliament. In October 2023, he emerged as the most popular political figure in the country for the first time according to a poll by Metron Analysis for Mega TV, with a 47% approval rating, ahead of the incumbent prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at 44%.

Works Koutsoumbas was the director of the newspaper Rizospastis, the Organ of the Central Committee of the KKE, from May 1996 when he was elected to the Political Bureau, until 2006. Holding the position of the General Secretary of the Central Committee, he continued to write numerous articles and deliver speeches.

Translated articles The significance of the October Revolution in the era of the transition from capitalism to socialism-communism (In International Communist Review, 2017) We draw conclusions, we become stronger (In Sovetskaya Rossiya, 2017) The new, yet very old, "Great Idea" of the European capital and the communists' response (In Rizospastis, 2020) We are moving into the new phase with greater vigilance, taking advantage of the experience and possibilities for an ideological - political counterattack and rallying of popular forces to the Party (In Rizospastis, 2020) We make a vanguard contribution to the reinforcement of the current disputing the dominant policy among the people by intensifying our ideological - political - organizational action (In Rizospastis, 2023)

Translated speeches At event of the Communist Party (Italy) on the 98th anniversary of the October Revolution in Rome, 2015 At the 19th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP) in St. Petersburg, 2017 At the teleconference of the European Communist Initiative (ECI) on the 100th anniversary of the USSR, 2022 At the founding meeting of the European Communist Action (ECA) in Athens, 2023 At anti-imperialist rally in Athens, 2024 At the 50th KNE-Odigitis Festival at the Tritsis Park, 2024 At Brussels meeting of European communists, 2024 At the hybrid meeting of the ECA in Berlin, 2025 At Party event in Larissa, 2025 At concert at the Panathenaic Stadium commemorating Mikis Theodorakis, 2025 (excerpts) At the 51st KNE-Odigitis Festival in Thessaloniki, 2025 (excerpts)

Personal life Koutsoumbas is married to Anastasia Kontogianni and has a daughter. His grandfather was a priest and a participant in the Greek resistance.