Tasos Mitsopoulos (

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:Τάσος Μητσόπουλος; 30 May 1965 – 22 March 2014) was a Cypriot politician. He served as a member of the

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from 2006 until 2013 for

Democratic Rally The Democratic Rally ( el, Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός, translit=Dimokratikós Sinagermós, ΔΗΣΥ/DISY) is a liberal-conservative, Christian-democratic political party in Cyprus led by Averof Neofytou. The party was founded ...

. He then joined the cabinet of

Nicos Anastasiades Nicos Anastasiades ( el, Νίκος Αναστασιάδης ; born 27 September 1946) is a Cypriot politician who is the current president of Cyprus since 2013. He was re-elected in 2018. Previously, he was the leader of Democratic Rally betwe ...

as Minister of Communications. In a cabinet reshuffle on 14 March 2014 he was appointed Minister of Defence.

Biography

Mitsopoulos was born on 30 May 1965 in

Larnaca Larnaca ( el, Λάρνακα ; tr, Larnaka) is a city on the south east coast of Cyprus and the capital of the district of the same name. It is the third-largest city in the country, after Nicosia and Limassol, with a metro population of 144 ...

. In 1978 he joined Protoporia, the youth organisation of the political party

, he would stay member until 2000. Between 1988 and 1990 he was also part of the leadership of the

Youth Organisation of New Democracy The Youth Organisation of New Democracy ( el, Οργάνωση Νέων Νέας Δημοκρατίας, ΟΝΝΕΔ) is the youth organisation of the liberal Greek political party New Democracy. It was founded in 1974 by young members of New Democr ...

of Greece. He studied law at the

National and Kapodistrian 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 ...

. In Greece he also served as an adviser to

Dimitris Avramopoulos Dimitris Avramopoulos ( el, Δημήτρης Αβραμόπουλος) is a Greek politician of the conservative New Democracy party, and former career diplomat. He has served in various high-level cabinet posts, including Minister for Foreign Aff ...

and

Kostis Chatzidakis Konstantinos (Kostis) Hatzidakis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος (Κωστής) Χατζηδάκης; born 20 April 1965 in Rethymno) is a Greek politician of New Democracy who has been serving as the Minister for Labor and Social Affairs in the ...

. Mitsopoulos was director of the office of Democratic Rally leader

between 1997 and 2005, while serving as his spokesperson between 1999 and 2008. He served as a member of the

from 2006 until 2013 representing Larnaca District for

. He then joined the cabinet of

as Minister for Communications and Works. In a cabinet reshuffle on 14 March 2014 he was appointed Minister of Defence. Mitsopoulos was found unconscious in his office on 21 March 2014, after having suffered

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due to a ruptured aneurysm. He was rushed to Nicosia New General Hospital, where he died one day later in the presence of family, friends and cabinet members, including President Anastasiades. A three-day mourning period was declared after his death. Mitsopoulos was married and had a son and daughter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitsopoulus, Tasos 1965 births 2014 deaths People from Larnaca National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni Democratic Rally politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Cyprus) Cyprus Ministers of Communications and Works Cyprus Ministers of Defence