Leonidas Kyrkos
Leonidas Kyrkos (born October 12, 1924 in Heraklion , Crete , † August 28, 2011 ) was a Greek politician .
Life
Kyrkos was born in 1924 as the son of the politician Michail Kyrkos . In his youth he joined the communist youth organization. He attended the medical faculty of Athens University but did not graduate. Instead, he became active in the resistance against the German occupation forces from 1941.
He was arrested during the Greek Civil War and sentenced to death for membership in the Communist Party . Following international protests, his sentences and those of other activists sentenced to death were commuted to prison terms in September 1949. In 1953 he was released as part of an amnesty. Kyrkos now worked as a journalist for the left-wing daily Avgi . From 1958 to 1961 he served as its editor. In 1961 he was for the United Democratic Left in the Parliament elected. When the eurocommunist wing KKE tou Esoterikoú (CP of the domestic market) split off in 1968, mainly triggered by the intervention of the Warsaw Pact in Czechoslovakia (see Prague Spring ), Kyrkos, who was critical of Moscow politics, joined the new party on.
During the Greek military dictatorship , Kyrkos was arrested and imprisoned for five years. After democracy was re-established in 1974, he was re-elected to parliament and was a member of it until he moved to the European Parliament in 1985. After serving as MEP from 1981 to 1985, he was again a member of the Greek Parliament from 1989 to 1993.
Web links
- Veteran leftist politician Leonidas Kyrkos dead at 86 , August 28, 2011
- Leonidas Kyrkos dies, aged 86 , August 28, 2011
- Entry on Leonidas Kyrkos in the European Parliament 's database of deputies
Individual evidence
- ^ Veteran Greek Leftist Politician Dies , Aug 28, 2011, Voice of America
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kyrkos, Leonidas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek politician, MEP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heraklion , Crete |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 2011 |