Dimitrios Papadimoulis (; born 21 March 1955) is a Greek politician and former
Member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...
(MEP) as a member of
The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL
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Personal life
Papadimoulis was born in 1955 in Athens. He attended the Varvakeio Junior High School of Athens and studied the School of Civil Engineering of the
National Technical University of Athens
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. He is married to Nadia Soubasaki and has two children.
Career
Papadimoulis was an MEP from 2004 to 2009.
From 2009 to 2014 he was a member of the
Greek parliament
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.
Since 2014, he has again been an MEP.
Since 1 July 2014, he has been one of the simultaneous 14
Vice Presidents of the European Parliament.
Since 2014, Papadimoulis has been the only Greek Vice President of the European Parliament. According to the VoteWatch.EU, he is the most influential Greek MEP in the European Parliament. In the Parliamentary Evaluation Report on the term 2014–2019, published by "Vote Watch Europe", Dimitris Papadimoulis was evaluated a
the Greek MEP with the greatest influence on the European Institutions
In an earlier report by VoteWatch.EU, he was also one of the three most active MEPs in the entire European Parliament, for the period 2004–2009.
On 18 January 2022, he was re-elected as vice-president of the European Parliament for the fourth consecutive time, with the support of a broad cross-party majority and with a 74.77% share of the vote, garnering 492 positive votes out of a total of 658 valid ballots. Since 2014 he was the only Greek and the only representative from the GUE-NGL political group at the Presidium of the European Parliament.
See also
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List of members of the European Parliament for Greece, 2009–14
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Political groups of the European Parliament
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References
Further reading
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External links
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*Personal website (GR and EN)
www.papadimoulis.gr
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1955 births
Living people
Syriza MEPs
Coalition of Left, of Movements and Ecology politicians
Coalition of Left, of Movements and Ecology MEPs
MEPs for Greece 2004–2009
Greek MPs 2009–2012
Greek MPs 2012 (May)
Greek MPs 2012–2014
MEPs for Greece 2014–2019
MEPs for Greece 2019–2024
Politicians from Athens