Dimitris Vitsas Explained

Native Name Lang:el
Native Name:Δημήτρης Βίτσας
Office:Fourth Vice President of the Hellenic Parliament
Term Start:8 July 2019
Term End:22 April 2023
President:Konstantinos Tasoulas
Primeminister:Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Predecessor:Nikitas Kaklamanis
Office1:Minister for Immigration Policy of Greece
Termstart1:28 February 2018
Termend1:9 July 2019
Primeminister1:Alexis Tsipras
Predecessor1:Ioannis Mouzalas
Successor1:Giorgos Koumoutsakos
Office2:Member of the Greek Parliament
Termstart2:25 January 2015
Termend2:22 April 2023
Birth Date:1956 7, df=y
Birth Place:Keratsini, Greece
Party:Keratsini
Occupation:Politician

Dimitris Vitsas (Greek: Δημήτρης Βίτσας; born 6 July 1956) is a Greek politician. He was a member of the Syriza party, Minister of Immigration Policy and Deputy Minister of National Defence.

Biography

Vitsas was born in 1956 in Keratsini. He studied law in Athens and has worked as a private clerk.

In 1974, he joined the KNE and then the KKE, from which he left in 1991.[1]

Vitsas then joined Synaspismos, where he was secretary of the Central Political Committee from 2009 to 2013. In July 2013, when SYRIZA was formed as a single party, he was elected secretary of the Central Committee.[2]

In the January 2015 elections, he was elected as a deputy in the Athens B Electoral constituency and in the September 2015 elections he was elected in the Piraeus B Electoral constituency.[3]

On 18 July 2015, he became Deputy Minister of National Defence following the resignation of Kostas Isichos. On 28 February 2018, he became Minister of Immigration Policy,[4] a position he held until 9 July 2019.

In the 2019 parliamentary elections, he was elected as a member of parliament in the B2' West Sector of Athens.[5] In the resulting Parliament, he was elected as the 4th Vice President, a position he held until 2023.[6]

In the parliamentary elections of May and June 2023, he ran again, but was not elected.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Βίτσας Δημήτρης – Βιογραφικό . eklogika.gr. https://web.archive.org/web/20160719063432/http://www.eklogika.gr/page/Vouli/vitsas_cv . 2016-07-19 .
  2. Web site: 2013-07-22 . Ποιος είναι ο Δημήτρης Βίτσας, ο νέος γραμματέας του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ . koolnews.gr. https://web.archive.org/web/20170518212929/http://www.koolnews.gr/politiki/poios-einai-o-dimitris-vitsas-o-neos-grammateas-toy-syriza . 2017-05-18 .
  3. Web site: Δραστηριότητα Βουλευτή στο Κοινοβούλιο . hellenicparliament.gr.
  4. Web site: Γενική Γραμματεία Νομικών και Κοινοβουλευτικών Θεμάτων ΤΣΙΠΡΑ Π. ΑΛΕΞΙΟΥ . 2023-10-12 . gslegal.gov.gr.
  5. Web site: 2019-08-11 . Β2' Δυτικού Τομέα Αθηνών . ekloges.ypes.gr. https://web.archive.org/web/20190904000310/https://ekloges.ypes.gr/current/v/home/districts/61/ . 2019-09-04 .
  6. Web site: Βίτσας Δημήτρης . 2023-10-12 . www.syriza.gr.
  7. Web site: 2023-06-26 . Εκλογές: Τέλος το θρίλερ – Ποιοι μένουν εκτός Βουλής και ποιοι μπαίνουν . 2023-10-12 . in.gr . el.