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Chris Pappas (politician)
Chris Pappas may refer to: People * Chris Pappas (American politician) (born 1980), American politician * Chris Pappas (South African politician) (born 1991), South African politician * Christopher D. Pappas, CEO of Trinseo Fictional characters * Chris Pappas (''Neighbours''), a fictional character on the television series ''Neighbours'' * Chris Pappas (''EastEnders''), a fictional character on the television series ''EastEnders'' {{hndis, Pappas, Chris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Pappas (American Politician)
Christopher Charles Pappas ( ; born June 4, 1980) is an American politician who has served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from New Hampshire's 1st congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Pappas previously served on the New Hampshire Executive Council from 2013 to 2019. Pappas is the first openly gay man to represent New Hampshire in Congress and is currently the only man in United States congressional delegations from New Hampshire, the state's congressional delegation. His district covers much of the southern and eastern parts of New Hampshire and includes the state's largest city, Manchester, New Hampshire, Manchester, as well as the Seacoast Region (New Hampshire), Seacoast and the Lakes Region (New Hampshire), Lakes Region. On April 3, 2025, Pappas announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat to which Jeanne Shaheen had declined to run for reelection in 2026 United States S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Pappas (South African Politician)
Christopher "Chris" John Pappas (born 26 August 1991) is a South African politician who is the mayor of the uMngeni Local Municipality. A member of the Democratic Alliance, he served as party's deputy provincial leader from 2021 until 2023. Pappas served as a member of the eThekwini city council from 2016 until 2019 and as a DA Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature from 2019 to 2021. In September 2023, Pappas was included on the " TIME100 Next list" by Time magazine. He was his party's candidate for the premiership of KwaZulu-Natal in the country's 2024 election. Early life and education Pappas is from Mooi River and has a sister. He attended Treverton Preparatory School and College and then Hilton College, matriculating in 2009. While studying Town and Regional Planning at the University of Pretoria, he was approached by COPE to run for the student representative council under their banner. He agreed and was then elected to the university's SRC. Pappas served as the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρειν (''phérein''), "to bear"; hence the "Christ-bearer". As a given name, 'Christopher' has been in use since the 10th century. In English, Christopher may be abbreviated as "Chris", "Topher", and sometimes " Kit". It was frequently the most popular male first name in the United Kingdom, having been in the top twenty in England and Wales from the 1940s until 1995, although it has since dropped out of the top 100. Within the United Kingdom, the name is most common in England and not so common in Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland. Cognates in other languages *Afrikaans: Christoffel, Christoforus * Albanian: Kristofer, Kristofor, Kristoforid, Kristo *Arabic: كريستوفر (''Krīstafor, Kristūfar, Krístufer''), اصطفر (''ʔi� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Pappas (Neighbours)
Chris Pappas is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by James Mason. Mason originally read for the role of Andrew Robinson, before he was called back to audition for Chris three days later. He was told during the audition that the character would be gay. He began filming his first scenes in October 2009, and he made his first appearance during the episode broadcast on 25 February 2010. Executive producer Susan Bower said the character was created because of requests from young viewers in the ''Neighbours'' website's online forums. The character's sexuality storyline was also based on the real life experiences of the show's writers. Chris became the first prominent, regular male homosexual character in the show's twenty-five-year history. He was the second ongoing homosexual character overall, following Lana Crawford's ( Bridget Neval) introduction in 2004. Chris is introduced as a high school student, who befriends the soap's other teen ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
