Ioannis Lagos

Ioannis Lagos
Leader of National Popular Consciousness
In office
9 November 2019 – 10 February 2023
Preceded byParty established
Succeeded byParty dissolved
Member of the European Parliament
for Greece
In office
2 July 2019 – 16 July 2024
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
for Piraeus B
In office
6 May 2012 – 2 July 2019
Personal details
Born (1972-09-07) 7 September 1972 (age 52)
Piraeus, Greece
Political partyIndependent (since 2023)
National Popular Consciousness (2019-2023)
Other political
affiliations		Alliance for Peace and Freedom
(2019-2023)
Golden Dawn (until 2019)

Ioannis (Giannis) Lagos (Greek: Ιωάννης (Γιάννης) Λαγός; born 7 September 1972) is a Greek convicted criminal[1] and far-right politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Greece from 2019 to 2024. [2] At the time of his election, Lagos was a member of Greek neo-Nazi ultranationalist political party and criminal organization Golden Dawn.[3]

He had been a member of the Hellenic Parliament for the Piraeus B constituency from May 2012 until his election as an MEP.

On 7 October 2020, Lagos was found guilty of running Golden Dawn, and a number of other serious offences, including orchestrating the fatal stabbing of Pavlos Fyssas and many violent attacks on migrants and left-wing political opponents.[4] Subsequently, he was sentenced to 13 years in jail.[5]

  1. ^ "Στη φυλακή 38 καταδικασθέντες της Χρυσής Αυγής – 13 χρόνια στην ηγετική ομάδα".
  2. ^ "Ioannis LAGOS". Strasbourg: European Parliament. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Greece Golden Dawn: Neo-Nazi leaders guilty of running crime gang". BBC News. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  4. ^ Stamouli, Nektaria (7 October 2020). "Greece's Golden Dawn leaders guilty of running a criminal gang". POLITICO. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Leader of neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party sentenced to 13 years prison". euronews. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.