Leonidas Kyrkos, Greek politician, died after short illness he was 87.

Leonidas Kyrkos  was a Greek leftist politician and member of the Hellenic Parliament and the European Parliament.

(12 October 1924 – 28 August 2011)

Life

Leonidas Kyrkos was born in Irakleio, Crete, to Michail Kyrkos, who, along with Ioannis Pasalidis, formed the United Democratic Left in 1951.^[1] Kyrkos was elected MP to the Greek Parliament in the elections of 1961, 1963 and 1964.^[1] On 21 April 1967, during the coup d'état that installed the military junta, he was arrested and remained imprisoned for five years.^[1] After the restoration of democracy in 1974, he was elected MP in 1974 and 1977, and MEP in 1981 and 1984


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