Ioannis (Yannis) Banias () (27 September 1939 – 29 March 2012) was a

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, and former member of the

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for the

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(2007–2009). Banias was born in

Melissourgoi Melissourgoi () is a former community in the Arta regional unit, Epirus, in northwestern Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is a municipal unit of the Central Tzoumerka municipality. The municipal unit has an area of 35.510 km2 ...

, Arta. He was a member of the

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from the beginning of 1960s until its split in 1968 when he continued his activities in the

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. He was elected president of the latter in 1982. He later participated in the formation of the

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and was elected as the president of that group. He died in

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on 28 March 2012, after a long battle with cancer.

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on the Hellenic Parliament website, also in Greek 1939 births 2012 deaths Coalition of Left, of Movements and Ecology politicians Greek MPs 2007–2009 {{greece-politician-stub People from Arta (regional unit)

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