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Nikolaos Karathanasopoulos | |
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Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Achaia | |
Assumed office 2007 | |
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Born | 25 March 1963 61) Athens, Kingdom of Greece | (age
Political party | Communist Party of Greece |
Nikolaos Karathanasopoulos (born 25 March 1963), is a Greek politician. He has served as a member of the Hellenic Parliament since 2007, representing Achaia for the Communist Party of Greece [1]
Karathanasopoulos is an economist by profession. He is fluent in Italian. He is a member of the Central Leadership of the Economic Chamber of Greece.
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