Pavlos Bakogiannis
Pavlos Bakogiannis ( Greek Παύλος Μπακογιάννης , born February 10, 1935 in Velota , Evrytania ; † September 26, 1989 in Athens ) was a Greek politician who was murdered by the terrorist organization on November 17 .
biography
Bakogiannis studied political and social sciences at the Pantion University of Athens and continued his studies at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . He graduated from the Universities of Munich and Tübingen with a diploma in economics and political science and obtained his doctorate in social sciences from the University of Konstanz . He taught political science and journalism at the University of Munich.
Since the mid-1960s, he has been in charge of the Greek-language radio program for Bavarian Broadcasting for 10 years . When the Greek military dictatorship was established in Greece with the coup d'état of April 21, 1967 , he turned against the dictatorship from his position as head of the Greek-language radio program. The broadcasts with information and news broadcast by Deutsche Welle , which were also widely heard in Greece, soon became a point of reference in the fight against the dictatorship.
In Munich he met Dora Mitsotaki , the daughter of Konstantinos Mitsotakis , who also studied there. They married in 1974.
After the junta was overthrown in 1974, Bakogiannis became the deputy director of the Greek radio and television company EIRT (for a fraction of his Munich income) . However, his efforts to keep radio and television independent during the election campaign put him on a collision course with the Conservatives.
Bakogiannis was a member of the Nea Dimokratia , most recently its group leader in the Greek parliament .
On September 26, 1989, he was shot dead in front of his office in Athens city center by members of the underground terrorist organization " November 17th " (N17) . In December 2003, three members of the group, Dimitris Koufoundinas, Iraklis Kostaris and Alexandros Giotopoulos, were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder, and two others, Savvas Xiros and Vasilis Tzortatos, were sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bakogiannis, Pavlos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bakoyannis, Pavlos; Μπακογιάννης, Παύλος |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek journalist and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Velota , Evrytania |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 26, 1989 |
| Place of death | Athens |