All eyes on Tsipras as ballot looms large

Alexis Tsipras, the radical Greek leftist who has been making waves and headlines both inside and outside the financially troubled Greek landscape, is still an uknown quantity for some.

Born into a comfortable middle class family, Tsipras has a post-graduate degree in engineering but worked only briefly in construction before turning to full-time politics and being handed the Syriza party leadership four years ago.