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Thanasis Pafilis

PEP · Politician

Thanasis Pafilis 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	Athanasios Pafilis · Athanasios Pafilīs · Athanásios Pafílis · Pafilis Athanasios · Pafilis Spyridona Athanasios · 7 more...				[sources]
Alias	Athanasios Pafilis · Athanasios Pafilīs · Thanasis Pafilis · Thanásis Pafílis · Θανάσης Παφίλης · 2 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1954-11-08				[sources]
Place of birth	Pitsi				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	European Union · Greece				[sources]
Citizenship	Greece				[sources]
Classification	International organization (past) · National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Thanasis				[sources]
Political association	Communist Party of Greece · KOMMOUNISTIKO KOMMA ELLADAS · Synaspismós				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2338958				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Hellenic Parliament (member, 2009-2012) · Hellenic Parliament (member, 2012-2012) · Hellenic Parliament (member, 2012-2014) · Hellenic Parliament (member, 2015-) · Hellenic Parliament (member, 2015-2015) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki				[sources]
Source link	www.hellenicparliament.gr				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-12	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Greek politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the European Parliament	2009-07-14	2009-10-13

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories357,539

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Hellenic Parliament359

Profiles of Members of the Hellenic Parliament, including their political affiliations.

Greece · Βουλή των Ελλήνων

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons290,346

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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Wikidata343,872

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,372

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: gr-par-f93525ad-fdc4-444c-a286-79b8c6724558 · evpo-c1b49bb6-659c-43fa-84df-777c757cca3e

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