Ever since Stefanos Kasselakis – ideologically, is on the centre-right side of the party – won SYRIZA's leadership, prominent party members have expressed their disagreements with their new leader's ideas.
Kasselakis was an unknown in Greece until this year, having lived in the United States. He worked first as a trader at Goldman Sachs and then ran several shipping companies.
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A little-known former shipping exec and ex-Goldman Sachs trader on Sunday pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Greek political history after winning the leadership of Syriza, the leftist main opposition party.