Eleftherios Papadimitriou

Eleftherios Papadimitriou (Greek: Ελευθέριος Παπαδημητρίου), born December 1948[1] is a Greek politician, lawyer and economist.

Eleftherios Papadimitriou
Member of the Greek parliament
In office
1981–1993
ConstituencyArta
Personal details
Alma materNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens LLB(Hons) in Law, Athens University of Economics and Business BA(Hons) in Economics, New York University (NYU) MA(Cum Laude) in Economics.

An active honorary member of the New Democracy (ND) party, he served as a representative in the Greek Parliament from 1981 to 1993. He is a centrist democrat. [2][3]

On December 21, 1992, he was attacked by two members of the terrorist group 17N.[4][5][6]

Professional career

Papadimitriou is a lawyer and the founder of a law firm based in Athens,[1] practicing law since 1976.

He was a litigator in cases such as, the 17N trial in 2003, as well as, representing the municipality of Kommeno, concerning the Nazi massacre in 1943, before the Greek Supreme Special Court (exterritoriality jus cogens), for crimes against humanity in WWII (German reparation claims).[7][8][9]

Member of parliament

He was elected a member of the Greek Parliament for Arta representing the New Democracy party, on October 18, 1981. He was re-elected as MP for Arta on November 5, 1989, and April 8, 1990.[2]

During his parliamentary tenure, he served as president of the parliament’s Standing Committee on Economic Affairs, deputy secretary general of the ND party parliamentary group (caucus), member of the Parliamentary Assembly to NATO, and member of the Parliamentary Assembly to the Council of Europe.[10]

Attack by the 17N terrorist group

Papadimitriou's life was threatened in December 1992, when he was the target of an attack[11] by the terrorist group 17N. Papadimitriou was shot five times in the attack.[12][13][14][15][4]

References
  1. "Παπαδημητρίου Ελευθέριος". vouliwatch - (in Greek) CV ELEGTHERIOS PAPADIMITRIOU. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  2. "Official site - Hellenic (Greek) Parliament - CV Eleftherios Papadimitriou MP". Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  3. "Παπαδημητρίου Ελευθέριος". vouliwatch - Δυναμώνουμε τη Δημοκρατία. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  4. "Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English, 00-06-09 [03] Assassination attempt against New Democracy party Deputy Eleftherios Papadimitriou". www.hri.org. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  5. "BBC News | EUROPE | Diplomat killed 'over Kosovo role'". news.bbc.co.uk.
  6. "ΤΑ ΧΤΥΠΗΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ «17 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΗ» Νο 73-77". ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ. 24 November 2008.
  7. https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20030900001 | Greek Government Gazete pg 12. Eleftherios Papadimitriou representing the Kommeno municipality before the Greek Supreme Special Court (In Greek)
  8. "BBC news - Eleftherios Papadimitriou appointed as litigator in the 17N case 2003 (in Greek) Καταθέσεις και πολιτική αγωγή | BBC Greek".
  9. "Reparation for violations of international humanitarian law by EMANUELA CHIARA GILLARD - see pg. 10 (538)" (PDF).
  10. "PAPADIMITRIOU, ELEFTHERIOS". Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  11. "Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English, 00-06-09". www.hri.org.
  12. "Washinghton Post (2002) - Greece Catches Up to Elusive Terrorists".
  13. "ΠΡΟΣΩΠΟ ΜΕ ΠΡΟΣΩΠΟ". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 13 March 2003.
  14. "BBC News - Eleftherios Papadimitriou appointed as victims attorney in the 17N (In Greek) Καταθέσεις και πολιτική αγωγή | BBC Greek". www.bbc.co.uk.
  15. "BBC News - Closing Arguments 17N trial - Eleftherios Papadimitriou (in Greek) Αγορεύσεων συνέχεια | BBC Greek". www.bbc.co.uk.
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