Greece’s leftwing Syriza party ousts leader Stefanos Kasselakis

Party secretariat votes overwhelmingly to remove political outsider who succeeded Alexis Tsipras last year

A Greek American shipping investor and former banker who emerged seemingly out of nowhere to assume the reins of Greece's main leftwing opposition party Syriza has been deposed after a late night meeting of the party's secretariat.

After a drama-filled gathering of Syriza's political secretariat on Thursday, Stefanos Kasselakis was told the party's highest body had voted overwhelmingly and conclusively in favour of his removal.