Thodoris Dritsas

Thodoris Dritsas
MP
Θοδωρής Δρίτσας
Alternate Minister for Shipping and the Aegean
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 January 2015
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
Preceded by Miltiadis Varvitsiotis as Minister for Shipping and the Aegean
Personal details
Born 23 August 1947
Piraeus, Greece
Political party Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza)
Spouse(s) Tasia Christodoulopoulou
Alma mater National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Profession Lawyer

Thodoris Dritsas (Greek: Θοδωρής Δρίτσας; born 23 August 1947) is a Greek politician of the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza). On 27 January 2015 he was appointed the Alternate Minister for Shipping and the Aegean in the government of Alexis Tsipras. He is also the husband of Immigration minister Tasia Christodoulopoulou.

Political career

On his very first office day, just before taking the oath, he already announced the immediate cancellation of the privatization of the Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) promising that "the public character of the port will be maintained. The OLP sell-off stops here."[1]

He was elected MP of the Hellenic Parliament in Piraeus in the 2007 Greek legislative election.[2] He was also four times mayoral candidate for the Municipality of Piraeus in the 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2014 elections with a platform called "The Port of Agony".

In the 15th parliamentary legislature (2012–14), he was one of the two Vice Presidents of the Special Permanent Committee on Institutions and Transparency.

References

  1. ↑ Mandravelis, Vangelis (27 January 2015). "Dritsas announces cancellation of OLP sale". Kathimerini. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Short Biography from Greek Parliament's official site". Retrieved 2010-10-18.

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