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Christos Papoutsis

PEP · Politician · Close Associate

Christos Papoutsis is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Christos Papoutsis · Christos Paputsis · Hristos Paputsis · Hrísztosz Papucísz · Papoutsis Christos · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Christos Papoutsis · Christos Paputsis · Kristos Paputsis · Papoutsis, Christos · Παπουτσής Δημητρίου Χρήστος · 4 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Papoutsis				[sources]
Birth date	1953-04-11				[sources]
Place of birth	Larissa				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Greece				[sources]
Citizenship	Greece				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Christos				[sources]
Political association	Panhellenic Socialist Movement				[sources]
Website	www.cpapoutsis.gr				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1087152				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	European Commissioner for Energy (1995-1999) · Hellenic Parliament (member, 2004-2007) · Hellenic Parliament (member, 2007-2009) · Hellenic Parliament (member, 2009-2012) · Member of the European Parliament (1984-1989) · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens				[sources]
Ethnicity	Greeks				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-09	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Greek politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Lefteris Karchimakis Close Associate	nephew · relative	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Hellenic Parliament	2004-03-07	2007-08-18

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Michalis Karchimakis PEP	brother-in-law · relative	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories356,055

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons289,950

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,464

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata343,259

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,907

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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