Ioannis Palaiokrassas ( el, Ιωάννης Παλαιοκρασσάς; 27 March 1934 – 2 October 2021) was a Greek politician. He was a

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and a

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in the

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. On 14 July 1992 Palaiokrassas's car was the objective of a rocket attack in Central

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. The attack missed its target, but killed a passer-by. He was the chairman of the board at Logos University College. On 2 October 2021, Palaiokrassas died at the age of 85.

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