Panagiotis Iliopoulos (; born 30 March 1978,

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) is a Greek former member of

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for Golden Dawn. In 2014 he was arrested for the first time and put into

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for 18 months after the murder of

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. He left the party after it failed to enter parliament in the

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, together with various other members. In 2020, Golden Dawn was deemed by the courts to be a criminal organisation, and Iliopoulos was convicted as a member and a leader. He was sentenced to seven years in jail.

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