Georgios P. Daskalakis (; 12 July 1936 – 16 July 2022) was a Greek businessman, trade unionist, and 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 1981 until 1996 and from 2000 until 2004. Daskalakis was one of the co-founders of the

Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( el, Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellínio Sosialistikó Kínima, ), known mostly by its acronym PASOK, (; , ) is a social-democratic political party in Greece. Until 2012, it ...

Biography

Daskalakis was born in the town of Lagadia, Arcadia in the

Kingdom of Greece The Kingdom of Greece ( grc, label=Greek, Βασίλειον τῆς Ἑλλάδος ) was established in 1832 and was the successor state to the First Hellenic Republic. It was internationally recognised by the Treaty of Constantinople, where ...

on 12 July 1936. He studied economics at the Supreme School of Economics and Business. During his youth, Daskalakis helped organize the union movement within insurance companies, and he became a political and union activist. Daskalakis was later part of the opposition against the

Greek junta The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels, . Also known within Greece as just the Junta ( el, η Χούντα, i Choúnta, links=no, ), the Dictatorship ( el, η Δικτατορία, i Diktatoría, links=no, ) or the Seven Years ( el, η Ε ...

. After the fall of the junta in 1974, Daskalakis, a close associate of

Andreas Papandreou Andreas Georgiou Papandreou ( el, Ανδρέας Γεωργίου Παπανδρέου, ; 5 February 1919 – 23 June 1996) was a Greek economist, politician and a dominant figure in Greek politics, known for founding the political party PASOK, wh ...

, co-founded the

(PASOK). In 1975, he also founded PASKE, the trade unionist faction of PASOK. From 1982 until 1985, he was a member of the executive committee of PASOK. Daskalakis was an executive at a private insurance company until

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

, when he was elected to the

as a member of PASOK, representing the

Athens A Athens A ( el, Α΄ Αθηνών) is a parliamentary constituency in Attica represented in the Hellenic Parliament. In its present form it dates to 1958, when the Athens B constituency was split off, leaving Athens A with the Municipality of Athe ...

constituency. In 1985, he ran for re-election in the constituency, and was re-elected from Arcadia in

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

, June 1989,

November 1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

, and

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

. His term in parliament ended in 1996. From 1997 until 2000, Daskalakis served as the chairman of the board of directors at the

General Bank of Greece General Bank of Greece ( el, Γενική Τράπεζα της Ελλάδας - ''General Bank of Greece'') was a Greek financier group that provided complete banking and financing services. It was founded in 1937. The bank has been traded at the ...

. In 2000, Daskalakis was elected back to parliament for the

Athens B Athens B (Athens Beta; el, Β΄ Αθηνών) was a parliamentary constituency in Attica represented in the Hellenic Parliament. It covered a large part of urban area of Athens outside the Municipality of Athens, which forms the Athens A const ...

constituency. Daskalakis only served 1 term, leaving parliament in 2004. While in parliament, Daskalakis held several ministerial positions. From 1987 to 1989, Daskalakis was Deputy Minister of Trade. From 1993 until 1996, he was Deputy Minister of the Interior, Public Administration, and Decentralization; in this role, Daskalakis led decentralization efforts within Greece. In 1996, he was Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications. In 1994, Daskalakis proposed the law which established 19 May as Pontian Greek Genocide Remembrance Day. Daskalakis was married to Maria Kornaraki and had 2 daughters. He died on 16 July 2022.

References

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