Menelaos Chatzigeorgiou ( el, Μενέλαος Χατζηγεωργίου; 24 November 1924 – 12 October 2020), surname alternatively transliterated Hatzigeorgiou or Hadjigeorgiou, was a Greek politician and athlete.

Biography

A native of

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

, Chatzigeorgiou began his career as a basketball player with

Aris B.C. Aris Basketball Club ( el, Άρης K.A.E., transliterated into English Aris B.S.A.) known in European competitions as Aris Thessaloniki, is the professional basketball team of the major Thessaloniki-based Greece, Greek multi-sport club Aris Th ...

in the 1930s and into the 1940s. After World War II, Chatzigeorgiou competed in swimming, water polo, and track and field for

Aris Thessaloniki Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki
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. He retired in the 1950s and became an administrator for the club, serving as president between 1972 and 1973. Chatzigeorgiou was elected a

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

from Greece in 1990, representing the New Democracy party. He died on 12 October 2020, aged 95.

References

1924 births 2020 deaths New Democracy (Greece) MEPs MEPs for Greece 1989–1994 Greek sportsperson-politicians Aris B.C. players Greek men's basketball players Greek male water polo players Greek male swimmers Greek male athletes Athletes from Thessaloniki Politicians from Thessaloniki Basketball players from Thessaloniki Water polo players from Thessaloniki Swimmers from Thessaloniki {{Greece-sport-bio-stub