Greece

Failos Kranidiotis

Failos (Garoufail) Kranidiotis (Greek: Φαήλος Κρανιδιώτης) (born 16 October 1965) is a Greek far-right politician. He created his own political party, “New Right” (“Nea Dexia”) in May 2016, after Kranidiotis was ousted from the New Democracy party.

Kranidiotis, a close associate of former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, was ousted from conservative New Democracy in March 2016 by leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis over a [Facebook post he made](https://www.news247.gr/politiki/o-failos-kranidiotis-thelei-ektelesi-moyzala-sto-goydi-katadiki-apo-nd-zita-o-syriza.6413385.html), in which he threatened the then Migration Minister, Ioannis Mouzalas, with a public execution. Kranidiotis had also expressed [homophobic comments](https://tvxs.gr/news/ellada/omofobiko-paralirima-failoy-kranidioti-meta-tin-kideia-xatzisabba) before that.

His rhetoric is consistently xenophobic and nationalistic.