Alexandros Giotopoulos

Alexandros Giotopoulos (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Γιωτόπουλος; born 1944 in Paris) is a convicted terrorist, currently serving seventeen life sentences plus 25 years imprisonment.[1] He was found guilty in 2003 of leading the Marxist Greek urban guerrilla group Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N).

17N was responsible for a series of armed robberies, bombings, and assassinations of prominent Greek and foreign politicians, journalists, diplomats, and businessmen that left twenty-three people dead. Giotopoulos was identified as its leader after the arrest and confession of Savvas Xiros, another member of 17N, following a failed bombing attempt on a hydrofoil shipping company in Piraeus.

Giotopoulos appealed his conviction, and described himself as the victim of "an Anglo-American conspiracy". At the start of his appeal, in 2005, he received support from left-wing organisations and personalities in France, where he was born,[2] including Alain Krivine and Pierre Vidal-Naquet. However, on May 3, 2007, his conviction and those of his 17N accomplices were sustained by the court of appeals.[3]

Alexandros Giotopoulos was an opponent[4] of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974. He is the son of Dimitris Giotopoulos, once a secretary of Leon Trotsky, also known as Witte, who was a leader of the Greek Trotskyist party of archeiomarxists.[5]

References
  1. "Ο νέος Ποινικός Κώδικας βγάζει από τη φυλακή τους καταδικασθέντες τρομοκράτες της «17Ν»". Protagon. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  3. Le démantèlement du 17-N n’a pas mis fin au terrorisme en Grèce - Le Monde article - May 6, 2007
  4. "Timeline: Anatomy of 17N". Greece Now. 2001. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  5. Giotopoulos the son of renowned Greek Trotskyite - Cyprus Mail archive article - Saturday, July 20, 2002 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2006-12-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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