Apostolos Grozos

Apostolos Grozos (Greek: Απόστολος Γκρόζος; 12 June 1892 – 22 June 1981) was a leader of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE).

He was born in Komotini, Thrace (then part of the Adrianople Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire) in 1892. On December 30, 1952, at the 4th Plenary session, he was elected leader of the KKE's Central Committee Directorate. In 1956, following the deposing of Nikolaos Zachariadis from the position as general secretary, Grozos was appointed temporary leader of the KKE. He was replaced by Konstantinos Koligiannis in 1958.

Grozos died in 1981 in Bucharest.

Sources

Kathimerini, 5 January 1953

General Secretaries of the Communist Party of Greece

Nikos Dimitratos ^§(1918–22) Yannis Kordatos ^§(1922) Nikos Sargologos ^§(1922–23) Thomas Apostolidis ^§(1923–24) Pandelis Pouliopoulos (1924–25) Eleftherios Stavridis (1925–26) Pastias Giatsopoulos (1926–27) Andronikos Chaitas (1927–31) Nikos Zachariadis (1931–56) Andreas Tsipas ^‡(1941) Georgios Siantos ^‡(1942–45) Apostolos Grozos (1956) Kostas Koligiannis (1956–72) Charilaos Florakis (1972–89) Grigoris Farakos (1989–91) Aleka Papariga (1991–2013) Dimitris Koutsoumpas (since 2013)

^§ Leaders of the Socialist Labour Party of Greece (SEKE) ^‡ Acting Secretary in the absence of the imprisoned Zachariadis

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