Dimitris Tsironis (; 1960 – 9 August 2022) was a Greek politician who served in the

Hellenic Parliament The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule (ancient Greece), Boule of the Greeks, Hellenes, label=none), also kno ...

from 2007 to 2012 as a member of the Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement.

Biography

Tsironis was born in 1960 in the northwestern city of Arta. He studied economics at the Supreme School of Economics and Business in

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, and received a postgraduate degree in local government and regional development at the National School of Public Administration. In the

2007 Greek legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on Sunday, 16 September 2007 to elect the 300 members of the Hellenic Parliament. The leading party for a second term was New Democracy under the leadership of Kostas Karamanlis with 42%, followed by Ge ...

, Tsironis was elected to the

, representing as a member of the Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). He was re-elected in

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. Tsironis did not run for re-election in the

May 2012 Greek legislative election Legislative elections were held in Greece on Sunday, 6 May 2012 to elect all 300 members to the Hellenic Parliament. It was regular scheduled to be held in late 2013, four years after the previous election; however, an early election was stipula ...

. While in parliament, Tsironis served as the chairman of the Committee on Production and Trade, and was a member of the Committee on Regions. Tsironis also served in several positions within his party, including as the director of the

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of the PASOK Parliamentary Group and was a member of the PASOK National Reconstruction Council. During his career, Tsironis wrote two books on statistics. He was married to Alexia Kaklamanou and had two children. Tsironis died of cancer on 9 August 2022 at the age of 62. Following his death, PASOK released a statement describing Tsironis as having been "at the vanguard of the struggle for

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tsironis, Dimitris 1960 births 2022 deaths Date of birth missing Place of death missing People from Arta, Greece Athens University of Economics and Business alumni Greek MPs 2007–2009 Greek MPs 2009–2012 PASOK politicians