Pavlos Voskopoulos

Pavlos Voskopoulos (; born 25 November 1964) also known as Pavle Voskopulos is a Greek politician, a member of the collective leadership of the Rainbow party that represents the Slavic–speaking minority (identifying as ethnic Macedonian) in Greek Macedonia.

Biography Voskopoulos, an ethnic Macedonian, was born in 1964 in Florina, Greece, His grandmother spoke no Greek. He uses the Slavic patronymic Filipov (Филипов), his family's traditional name, which was changed to Voskopoulos (his application to change back was rejected by the Greek government). The Mayor of Florina, Ioannis Voskopoulos is his cousin.

Voskopoulos has a B.A in Architecture and is an architect.

Voskopoulos was a founder of the Rainbow Party, a political party in Greece representing the Macedonian minority. He has been one of its leading figures. The party opened its first office in the Greek city of Florina on 6 September 1995. On 14 September he, along with three other members of the Rainbow Party were charged with "having caused and incited mutual hatred among the citizens" by the local Florina court. Soon organisations such as Amnesty International came to the support of the members of the Rainbow Party, claiming that they would become "prisoners of conscience" if they were to be jailed for the offence.

Voskopoulos has sought recognition for the Rainbow Party and Macedonian minority. Voskopoulos has stated the policies of 21st century Greece lack the recognition of "otherness" within the national myth of homogeneity.