Eleftherios Veryvakis

Eleftherios Veryvakis
Born Chania, Greece
Died August 6, 2012(2012-08-06) (aged 77)
Rethymno, Greece

Eleftherios Veryvakis (Greek: Ελευθέριος Βερυβάκης) (January 21, 1935 – 6 August 2012) was a Greek politician and ex-member of the Greek Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK).

In June 1967, during the military junta he was arrested and tortured for three months.[1]

He was member of PASOK since its establishment in 1974 and he was elected to the Greek parliament for the first time in 1977.[1] He got reelected in all elections till 2000.[2] In 2003 he replaced Evangelos Giannopoulos after the latter's death.[2]

He died on August 6, 2012.[1]

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