| Filippos Petsalnikos | |
| Office: | Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament |
| President: | Karolos Papoulias |
| Term Start: | 15 October 2009 |
| Term End: | 11 April 2012 |
| Predecessor: | Dimitris Sioufas |
| Successor: | Vyron Polydoras |
| Office2: | Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament |
| 1Blankname2: | Speaker |
| 1Namedata2: | Anna Psarouda-Benaki Dimitris Sioufas |
| Term Start2: | 19 March 2004 |
| Term End2: | 14 October 2009 |
| Office3: | Minister of Justice |
| Primeminister3: | Costas Simitis |
| Term Start3: | 24 October 2001 |
| Term End3: | 10 March 2004 |
| Predecessor3: | Michael Stathopoulos |
| Successor3: | Anastasios Papaligouras |
| Office4: | Minister of Public Order |
| Primeminister4: | Costas Simitis |
| Term Start4: | 30 October 1998 |
| Term End4: | 19 February 1999 |
| Predecessor4: | Georgios Romeos |
| Successor4: | Michalis Chrysohoidis |
| Office5: | Minister of Macedonia-Thrace |
| Primeminister5: | Costas Simitis |
| Term Start5: | 22 October 1996 |
| Term End5: | 30 October 1998 |
| Predecessor5: | Constantinos Triaridis |
| Successor5: | Giannis Magriotis |
| Birth Date: | 1 December 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Mavrochori, Greece |
| Party: | Movement of Democratic Socialists (since 2015), PASOK (until 2015) |
| Spouse: | Mariele Biedendieck |
| Children: | Alexandros Danae Electra |
| Alma Mater: | University of Thessaloniki University of Bonn |
| Profession: | Attorney |
Filippos Petsalnikos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: 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.
Born in Mavrochori, Kastoria, Petsalnikos studied law in Greece and Germany.
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. Petsalnikos resigned in the aftermath of the Abdullah Öcalan's capture.[2] Later he acted as 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.[3]
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.[4]
He was married and had three children. 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.[5] [6]
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