Leander Kokkinakis

The Right Honourable Leander Kokkinakis MS CSM
Leander Kokkinakis in 1984
30th Prime Minister of Satavia Elections: 1984
In office 4 June 1984 – 3 April 1987
President	Willem Steyn
Preceded by	Eric Edwards
Succeeded by	Maximilian Dumfries
Leader of the Liberal Party
In office 4 June 1984 – 3 April 1987
Deputy	Paul Monaghan
Preceded by	Eric Edwards
Succeeded by	Maximilian Dumfries
Member of the Satavian Parliament for St George
In office 29 November 1976 – 3 April 1987
Succeeded by	Lucian de Groot
Personal details
Born	(1951-12-25) December 25, 1951 Pietersburg, Nuvania
Nationality	Satavian
Political party	Liberal
Other political affiliations	Western Freestate Social Democratic Party (1970-1974)
Education	Springbank College
Signature
Military service
Branch/service	Satavian Army
Years of service	1968-1971
Rank	Trooper
Unit	Green Jackets

Leander Kokkinakis MS CSM (/liːˈændər ˌkɒkɪˈnɑːkɪs/ lee-AND-ər KOK-in-AH-kiss; Piraean: Λέανδρος Κοκκινάκης; born 25 December 1951) is a Satavian former politician who served as the 30th prime minister of Satavia from 1984 to 1987, holding office as the leader of the Liberal Party. He previously served as Secretary of State for Education from 1979 to 1981, and as Secretary of State for Health & Social Affairs from 1981 until 1984 as a member of the Edwards government.

Kokkinakis was born in Pietersburg, Nuvania as the youngest of a family of four. Kokkinakis' parents had been prominent socialists in Piraea, but following the proclamation of the Second Piraean Republic and the beginning of political repression the family fled to the Asterias - first to the Asterian Federative Republic and then onto Pietersburg in Nuvania, with the ultimate goal of moving to Victoriaburg in the Western Freestate, home to a large Piraean diaspora. Kokkinakis moved to Satavia aged four, and grew up in relative poverty. Kokkinakis was a talented artist and sportsman, but struggled academically at school. Nevertheless, he was awarded an art scholarship to Satavia's most prestigious full-boarding private school, Springbank College in Port Hope. Kokkinakis left school at 16 and completed his mandatory two year national service in the Satavian Army. Following the completion of his national service, Kokkinakis - who had always had an interest in socialism - became politically active, and began attending underground meetings of the Satavian Section of the Worker's Internationale in Victoriaburg. . Kokkinakis stopped attending meetings after only a few weeks, instead joining the less extreme Western Freestate Social Democratic Party in 1970. By 1974, Kokkinakis had become the Liberal Party's official cartoonist for their publication in the Western Freestate - The Free Man. Kokkinakis was arrested a year later for participating in subversive activities; but released without charge shortly after, and the next year the 1976 Satavian coup d'état removed the National Party from power. Kokkinakis ran for election as the Liberal candidate for the Division of St George in Victoriaburg; comfortably defeating the Conservative & Country candidate by over 42,000 votes thereby becoming the youngest elected representative in Satavia at the age of 25.