Stelios Papathemelis
Στέλιος Παπαθεμελής
Stelios Papathemelis
Deputy Education Minister of Greece
In office
1982–1985
Minister for Macedonia and Thrace of Greece
In office
1987–1989
Minister for Public Order of Greece
In office
1993–1995
Personal details
BornJanuary, 1938
Thessaloniki, Greece
Political partyEK-ND, EDIK, PASOK, New Democracy, Democratic Revival, Panhellenic Macedonian Front
Alma materAristotle University of Thessaloniki

Stelios Papathemelis (Greek: Στέλιος Παπαθεμελής) (born January, 1938 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek politician and lawyer. He studied law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Political career

He was elected for the first time MP with EK-ND in the elections of 1974. He was re-elected with EDIK in 1977. Afterwards, he joined PASOK and was appointed Deputy Education Minister in 1982-1985, Minister for Macedonia and Thrace in 1987-1989 and Minister for Public Order in 1993-1995. During his term as Minister of Public Order, he faced strong opposition, mainly by the owners of the night clubs and bars, for a 2am curfew he imposed on clubs and bars. His decisions were seen as trying to control nightlife and as being contrary to the Greek spirit of leisure.

He later left PASOK and was elected as an independent MP on the New Democracy list for Thessaloniki in the 2004 elections.

Though he started his political career in a liberal party and was later in a socialdemocratic one, he is now considered a left-wing nationalist and "traditional centrist patriot".[1] He has a privileged relationship with the Church of Greece.[2]

Party leader

In March, 2007 he announced the foundation of a new political party, Democratic Revival. In the general elections of September 2007, Democratic Revival performed dismally, tallying 0.8% of the national vote and failed to get parliamentary representation. In May 2009 he formed the Panhellenic Macedonian Front coalition with professor Kostas Zouraris to run in the June 2009 European Parliamentary elections.[3] The party included Greek Macedonian diaspora organisations.

References

  1. ↑ Makis Voridis, The Idea of Fatherland Beyond Right and Left, 5 April 2006 Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Ιερά Σύνοδος Της Εκκλησίας Της Ελλάδος
  3. ↑ "In.gr - Το «Πανελλήνιο Μακεδονικό Μέτωπο» ανακοίνωσαν Παπαθεμελής και Ζουράρις - Ελλάδα". www.in.gr. Archived from the original on 2009-05-09.
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