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Filippos Petsalnikos (Greek: Φίλιππος Πετσάλνικος; 1 December 1950 – 13 March 2020)[1] was a Greek politician of the Movement of Democratic Socialists. From 2009 to 2012, he served as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament. Before, he was a Member of the Hellenic Parliament from 1985 to 2012.

Filippos Petsalnikos

Filippos Petsalnikos (*)

Life

Born in Mavrochori, Kastoria, Petsalnikos studied law in Greece and Germany.

Political career

In 1985, he was elected for the first time as an MP for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK).

He served as the Minister for Macedonia-Thrace between 22 October 1996 and 30 October 1998, the Minister of Public Order between 30 October 1998 and 19 February 1999 and the Minister of Justice between 24 October 2001 and 10 March 2004. He was elected to the position of Speaker on 15 October 2009 by 168 of the Parliament's 300 MPs.[2]

On 3 January 2015, it was announced that Petsalnikos would join former prime minister Papandreou in leaving PASOK to found the new Movement of Democratic Socialists.[3]
Personal life

He was married and had three children.[1] Petsalnikos spoke Greek, English and German. His wife is an attorney and supports (2005) DKIZ, which is (2011) a selfhelp-organisation run by and for German speaking women in Greece.[4][5]
References

"The President of the Hellenic Parliament". www.hellenicparliament.gr. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
"www.athena984.gr". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
"Papandreou launches party, aims for post-election role". Kathimerini. 2015-01-03. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
"D K I Z | Deutsches Kontakt- und Informationszentrum in Griechenland" (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-28.
paroslife.parosweb.com http://paroslife.parosweb.com/story.html?story=1048. Retrieved 2020-06-28.

Political offices
Preceded by
Constantinos Triaridis
Minister of Macedonia-Thrace
1996–1998
Succeeded by
Giannis Magriotis
Preceded by
Georgios Romeos
Minister of Public Order
1998–1999
Succeeded by
Michalis Chrysohoidis
Preceded by
Michael Stathopoulos
Minister of Justice
2001–2004
Succeeded by
Anastasios Papaligouras
Preceded by
Dimitris Sioufas
Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
2009–2012
Succeeded by
Vyron Polydoras

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