Kostas Kappos

Kostas Kappos
Born	March 1937 Kefalovriso, Argolis
Died	September 2005 Athens

Kostas Kappos (Greek: Κώστας Κάππος, March 1937 in Kefalovriso, Argolis – September 2005, Athens) was an important Greek communist.

During the military junta he was arrested and sent to Lakki in Leros, where he was tortured.^[1] He was set free in 1971. In 1972 he became a member of the Office of the Central Secretariat of the Communist Youth of Greece, and in 1973 a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece.^[1] In 1974 he was arrested again, then set free after the Junta's fall.^[1] In the elections of 1974, the first where the Communist Party was allowed to stand after the Greek Civil War, he won a seat in the Greek Parliament,^[1] and in 1975 he testified at the Greek Junta Trials.

He was elected a member of the CC of the CP of Greece in every Congress until June 1989.^[1] In 1989, he expressed his disagreement with CPG's decision to form a joint government with the conservative party of New Democracy and he participated in the formation of a new organisation named New Left Current, where he was elected member of its 31-member Committee.^[2]

He wrote nine books and also contributed to the communist theory with his essays.^[1] Kappos' core idea about the construction of Socialism is developed in his book "Criticism of the Soviet formation".^[3]

Until his death Kostas Kappos was sending part of his Parliament retirement pension to Fidel Castro and the Cuban government as "help to the Cuban revolution".^[4]

References

1. Biography from http://www.kostaskappos.gr
2. Short bio from his death announcement
3. Mpatikas, Kostas (October–December 2000). "Kostas Kappos: "Criticism of the Soviet formation"" (Book review). "Αριστερή Ανασύνταξη" (in Greek) (17). Retrieved 2008-05-21.
4. Valavani, Nantia (2005-09-18). "For comrade Kostas Kappos" (in Greek). Epohi. Retrieved 2007-03-12.

External links

• Page about Kostas Kappos (Greek)
• Announcement of his death in the media (Greek)