Dimitris Tsironis | |
Honorific Suffix: | MP |
Native Name: | Δημήτρης Τσιρώνης |
Native Name Lang: | el |
Parliament: | Hellenic |
Constituency Mp: | Arta |
Termstart: | 16 September 2007 |
Termend: | 6 May 2012 |
Birth Place: | Arta, Greece |
Death Date: | 9 August 2022 (aged 62) |
Spouse: | Alexia Kaklamanou |
Children: | 2 |
Party: | PASOK |
Dimitris Tsironis (; 1960 – 9 August 2022) was a Greek politician who served in the Hellenic Parliament from 2007 to 2012 as a member of the Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement.
Tsironis was born in 1960 in the northwestern city of Arta. He studied economics at the Supreme School of Economics and Business in Athens, and received a postgraduate degree in local government and regional development at the National School of Public Administration.[1] [2]
In the 2007 Greek legislative election, Tsironis was elected to the Hellenic Parliament, representing Arta as a member of the Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). He was re-elected in 2009. Tsironis did not run for re-election in the May 2012 Greek legislative election.[3] [4]
While in parliament, Tsironis served as the chairman of the Committee on Production and Trade, and was a member of the Committee on Regions. Tsironis also served in several positions within his party, including as the director of the Secretariat of the PASOK Parliamentary Group and was a member of the PASOK National Reconstruction Council.[5]
During his career, Tsironis wrote two books on statistics. He was married to Alexia Kaklamanou and had two children. Tsironis died of cancer on 9 August 2022 at the age of 62. Following his death, PASOK released a statement describing Tsironis as having been "at the vanguard of the struggle for social justice".[6]