Athanasios "Thanos" Plevris is a Greek politician and son of author Konstantinos Plevris who served as the Minister for Health under the cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis from 2021 to 2023.
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Thanos Plevris was first elected to the Hellenic Parliament with the ultraconservative Popular Orthodox Rally at the 2007 parliamentary election.
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Thanos Plevris was elected to the European Parliament in June 2009, before returning to the national parliament at the election held in October of the same year.
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Thanos Plevris failed to be re-elected at the elections of January and September 2015, but returned to the legislature at the 2019 election.
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Thanos Plevris currently serves as Minister for Health in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
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Thanos Plevris represented as lawyer the 8 police officers accused of brutality against Zak Kostopoulos.
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Thanos Plevris completed his military service as a sergeant in the 32nd Marines Brigade.
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Thanos Plevris is widely seen as a far-right figure in Greek politics and some of his opinions have been described as extreme and racist.
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Thanos Plevris has advocated the use of deadly force as a deterrent against illegal immigration.
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Thanos Plevris has suggested that immigrants should be denied access to food, water and health care, in order to make their living conditions in Greece less attractive than those in their homelands.