Athanasios Xarchas ( el, Αθανάσιος Ξαρχάς; 15 April 1931 – 30 August 2023) was a Greek lawyer and politician.

Life and career

Xarchas studied law in the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

.Κράτος και κυβερνήσεις της Μεταπολίτευσης 1974-2011
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from 1981 to 1993, while he served as minister of trade from April 1990 until August 1991, as part of the Mitsotakis government. Xarchas died on 30 August 2023, at the age of 92.

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1931 births 2023 deaths People from Domokos Greek MPs 1981–1985 Greek MPs 1985–1989 Greek MPs 1989 (June–November) Greek MPs 1989–1990 Greek MPs 1990–1993 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni {{Greece-politician-stub