Thanos Plevris MP MEP |
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Athanasios (Thanos) Plevris | |
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Political party | Popular Orthodox Rally |
Occupation | Lawyer, Politician |
Religion | Greek Orthodox |
Website | ww.thanos-plevris.gr |
Athanasios Plevris (Greek: Αθανάσιος Πλεύρης) or Thanos Plevris is a Greek member of parliament and son of Greek author Konstantinos Plevris. He was elected into office in the 2007 parliamentary election with the Popular Orthodox Rally party.[1]
Plevris practices law in Athens, having completed post-graduate study in Heidelberg University, and earned a doctorate from the University of Athens. He completed his military service as a sergeant in the Greek special forces.[2] In June 2009 Plevris was elected as MEP and was replaced in the Greek parliament by Georgios Georgiou but returned to the Greek parliament again after the Greek legislative election, 2009.