
Dimitris Kremastinos (
Greek
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: Δημήτρης Κρεμαστινός;
Greece
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, 1 May 1942 – 8 May 2020) was a Greek politician, physician, Professor of Cardiology at the
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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, and member of the
European Academy of Sciences and Arts
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.
Life
He had served as
Minister of Health and Welfare and Social Security from 1993 to 1996.
In 2000, Kremastinos was elected as a member of the
Hellenic Parliament
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, where he served till 2004 and in 2009 was elected once again, serving till 2019. He was elected MP of the
Dodecanese
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with
PASOK
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and the
Democratic Alignment. He was the personal physician of
Andreas Papandreou
Andreas Georgiou Papandreou (, ; 5 February 1919 – 23 June 1996) was a Greek academic and economist who founded the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and served three terms as Prime minister of Greece, prime minister of Third Hellenic Repu ...
.
Death
On 26 March 2020, he was admitted to the
Evangelismos Hospital in Athens, due to a severe infection with
COVID-19
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during the
COVID-19 pandemic in Greece. He died at the hospital on 8 May 2020.
References
1942 births
2020 deaths
PASOK politicians
Greek cardiologists
Greek MPs 2012 (May)
Greek MPs 2012–2014
Greek MPs 2015 (February–August)
Greek MPs 2015–2019
Academic staff of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
People from Halki, Dodecanese
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
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