Career
He leads the party To Potami (The River). Born in 1963 in Drapanias near Chania on the island of Crete, Theodorakis was raised in Agia Varvara, western Attica. His career as a journalist started in 1984 at the radio stations 902 FM and Skai 100.3, as well as the newspaper Eleftherotypia.
Between 1985 and 1987 he was engaged in educating Roma.
He also wrote three books In 2000, he started the show "Protagonists" at the former public television channel NET, and in 2006 took it to the private station Mega television Every Saturday he wrote a column in the newspaper Ta Nea.
On 26 February 2014, he announced his decision to quit both his show at Mega television and his column at Ta Nea in order to launch a new party. He also promised to take a back seat on the website Protagon.gr he is also involved in.
Striving to "create a new European policy to foster a broader Leftist movement", he also stated that "the survival of a country cannot depend on the kindness of its creditors.".
