Apostolos Grozos was leader of the Communist Party of Greece

Communist Party of Greece

Founded in 1918, the Communist Party of Greece , better known by its acronym, ΚΚΕ , is the oldest party on the Greek political scene.- Foundation :...

 (KKE).

He was born in Komotini

Komotini

Komotini is a city in Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace and of the Rhodope regional unit. It is also the administrative center of the Rhodope-Evros super-prefecture. The city is home to the Democritus University of Thrace, founded in 1973...

, Thrace, in 1892.

On December 30, 1952, at the 4th Plenary session

Plenary session

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, he was elected leader of the KKE’s Central Committee

Central Committee

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 Directorate.

In 1956, following the deposing of Nikolaos Zachariadis

Nikolaos Zachariadis

Nikolaos Zachariadis was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece from 1931 to 1956.-Early life:Born in Adrianopole in 1903, the son of an employee of the Ottoman tobacco monopoly. He worked as a seaman on the Black Sea, where he came under the influence of the Bolshevik Revolution...

 from the position as general secretary, Grozos was appointed temporary leader of the KKE.

He was replaced by Konstantinos Koligiannis in 1958.

Sources

• Kathimerini, 5 January 1953 http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_1834549_05/01/2004_38078