Tilemachos Chytiris (; b. 1945) is a Greek politician from the

Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement (, ), known mostly by its acronym PASOK (; , ), is a social-democratic political party in Greece. Until 2012 it was one of the two major parties in the country, along with New Democracy, its main political r ...

(PASOK) who has served as member of Parliament and minister. He has also published poetry collections. He was born in 1945 in

Corfu Corfu ( , ) or Kerkyra (, ) is a Greece, Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands; including its Greek islands, small satellite islands, it forms the margin of Greece's northwestern frontier. The island is part of the Corfu (regio ...

. His father,

Gerasimos Chytiris Gerasimos (), latinised as Gerasimus and sometimes anglicised as Gerassimos, is a Greek given name derived from "γέρας" ("géras", "gift of honour, prize, reward"Henry George Liddell & Robert Scott (1940)γέραςin ''A Greek-English Lexi ...

, was an important author, journalist and folklorist of the island. He studied Philosophy at the

University of Florence The University of Florence ( Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Firenze'') (in acronym UNIFI) is an Italian public research university located in Florence, Italy. It comprises 12 schools and has around 50,000 students enrolled. History The f ...

and Agriculture at the

University of Pisa The University of Pisa (, UniPi) is a public university, public research university in Pisa, Italy. Founded in 1343, it is one of the oldest universities in Europe. Together with Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and Sant'Anna School of Advanced S ...

. He was a member of the

Lambrakis Democratic Youth Grigoris Lambrakis (; 3 April 1912 – 27 May 1963) was a Greek politician, physician, athlete, and lecturer. He participated in track and field sports and was a member of the faculty of the School of Medicine at the University of Athens. A mem ...

and took part in the Anti-Junta movement against the

Greek military junta of 1967–74 The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels was a right-wing military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974. On 21 April 1967, a group of colonels with CIA backing overthrew the caretaker government a month before scheduled elections wh ...

. He worked as press advisor in the Greek Embassy in Bucharest (1982-1984) and in London (1984-1987). From 1987 to 1989 he was special Secretary at the Ministry for the Presidency of the Government. In 1989 Andreas Papandreou appoints him as his spokesman for media. In 1990 he became a member of the Central Committee of PASOK. He was elected in

Athens B Athens B (Athens Beta; ) was a parliamentary constituency in Attica represented in the Hellenic Parliament. It covered a large part of urban area of Athens outside the Municipality of Athens, which forms the Athens A constituency. It was establi ...

constituency in the 1993 elections and reelected in every election until 2009. He served as deputy minister of Presidency (1993-4), deputy minister for the Press and the Media (1994-5) and minister for the Press and the Media (1995-6). From 2000 to 2004 he was deputy minister Ministry for the Press and the Media in the third Cabinet of Costas Simitis. In the

cabinet of George Papandreou Following the 4 October 2009 general elections in Greece, George Papandreou, the leader of PASOK, formed a government, which was sworn in on 7 October. A major cabinet reshuffle was made in September 2010. The cabinet was succeeded by the Luc ...

he served as alternate Minister for Culture and Tourism responsible for the Media until 2011. When he was in Florence he met the famous Greek singer

Maria Farantouri Maria Farantouri or Farandouri (; born 28 November 1947 in Athens) is a Greek singer and also a political and cultural activist. She has collaborated with Greek composers such as Mikis Theodorakis, who wrote the score for Pablo Neruda's ''Canto G ...

with whom he got married and has a son, Stephanos. Along with his political career, Tilemachos Chytiris has published several poetry collections and some of his poems have been translated and published in Italian, French, English, German and Romanian. Collections that he has published are: *Poiimata ek promeletis (Ποιήματα εκ προμελέτης) (1968-1972) *Thema (Θέμα) (1972-1977) *Topoi Neoi (Τόποι Νέοι) (1982-1984) *San na sinevi (Σαν Να Συνέβη) (1984-1986) *Kalokairi (Καλοκαίρι) (2001) *Kitrini Skoni (Κίτρινη Σκόνη) (2006) *Ti menei ap to rodo & Mikro Manifesto (Τι μένει απ' το Ρόδο" & "Μικρό μανιφέστο) (2010)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chytiris, Tilemachos 1945 births Writers from Corfu University of Florence alumni University of Pisa alumni Greek MPs 1993–1996 Greek MPs 1996–2000 Greek MPs 2000–2004 Greek MPs 2004–2007 Greek MPs 2007–2009 Greek MPs 2009–2012 PASOK politicians Government ministers of Greece Modern Greek poets Living people Politicians from Corfu