From 2008 to today his journey Alexis Tsipras in the presidency of SYRIZA he had everything.

From the period of innocence in the electoral launch, the rise to government and the conflict with Europe that almost led to the bankruptcy of the country to the referendum and the compromise that brought the third memorandum.

Since 2019, one defeat follows another.

Curtain on a historical cycle that lasted 15 years drops the decision of Alexis Tsipras to resign from his presidency SYRIZA.

It was February 2008 when Alexis Tsipras, aged just 33, was elected president of the Coalition and took the reins of the party into his hands.

A few months before, in November 2007, Alekos Alavanos announced that he would not be a candidate again, handing over the anointing to Alexis Tsipras.

“It seems that we have wind in our sails, a left has wind in its sails that will try to change things and we must all realize this” he declared in February 2008.

In 2012 and with the wind in his sails, Alexis Tsipras attempted it full reset and leads SYRIZA to the position of official opposition.

In May, Koumoundourou’s party breaks away from 4.6% and becomes the second political force, and a month later, it registers an impressive 26.9%, losing by just 3 points to New Democracy.

“We have defeated fear, today we pave the way to hope, today we pave the way to a better tomorrow, with our people united, dignified and proudhe had said then.

The time of governance comes two and a half years later, in January 2015 when Alexis Tsipras wins the elections and becomes prime minister at the age of 41.

In order to form a government, Alexis Tsipras allies himself with the Independent Greeks of Panos Kammenos.

“From tomorrow, our country will claim in a tough negotiation to rejoin the European Union as an equalhe had emphasized on the night of his election victory.

The negotiation did not have the outcome that Alexis Tsipras and SYRIZA expected.

On June 29, 2015, for the first time in the post-colonial period, banks are closed and capital controls are imposed.

On July 5, SYRIZA is organizing the referendum on the rescue plan for the Greek economy.

“Today, democracy wins over fear. The determination of our people defeats the propaganda of fear and I am sure that from tomorrow we will have opened a path for all the peoples of Europe” he declared on the margin of the “no” vote in the referendum on the measures proposed by the lenders.

A few days later, Alexis Tsipras and the financial staff go to Brussels where the Eurogroup is meeting and Greece’s stay in the Eurozone is being decided.

The result of the 17-hour negotiation is for the country to sign the 3rd memorandum.

The country is headed for new elections in September 2015 with the victory of SYRIZA without self-reliance. Alexis Tsipras and Panos Kammenos work together again and form a government.

The divorce in their relationship will come three years later, when Alexis Tsipras and the then prime minister of Skopje, Zoran Zaev, reach the Prespa agreement signed by the foreign ministers of the two countries.

Alexis Tsipras leaves the Maximos Palace in the summer of 2019, when SYRIZA loses the elections with a difference of 8 points to the New Democracy of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

“The citizens made their choice. The popular verdict is completely respected” they would say then.

Alexis Tsipras remains at the helm of Koumoundourou and leads SYRIZA in last May’s elections where he lost by a margin of more than 20 points.

The free throw comes in last Sunday’s elections with SYRIZA losing for the 3rd time, garnering just 17.8%, a result that led to his resignation.