Athanasios Dimitrakopoulos

{{Short description|Greek politician (1936–2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox MP

| image = File:Athanasios Dimitrakopoulos.jpg

| parliament = Hellenic

| constituency_MP = {{ill|Aetolia–Acarnania (constituency)|lt=Aetolia–Acarnania|el|Εκλογική περιφέρεια Αιτωλοακαρνανίας}}

| native_name = Αθανάσιος Δημητρακόπουλος

| native_name_lang = el

| termstart = 18 October 1981

| termend = 24 August 1996

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|05|14|df=y}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|07|08|1936|05|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Platanos, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece

| children = 2

| party = PASOK

}}

Athanasios Dimitrakopoulos{{efn|Also referred to as Thanasis Dimitrakopoulos}} ({{langx|el|Αθανάσιος Δημητρακόπουλος}}; 14 May 1936 – 8 July 2022) was a Greek lawyer and politician who served in the Hellenic Parliament from 1981 until 1996, representing {{ill|Aetolia–Acarnania (constituency)|lt=Aetolia–Acarnania|el|Εκλογική περιφέρεια Αιτωλοακαρνανίας}} as a member of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-08 |title=The lawyer and former minister, Thanasis Dimitrakopoulos, died |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.gr/entry/pethane-o-dikeyoros-kai-proen-epoeryos-thanases-demetrakopoelos_gr_62c882e5e4b06e3d9bb52305 |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=HuffPost Greece |language=el}}

Dimitrakopoulos was born in the town of Platanos, Aetolia-Acarnania in the Kingdom of Greece. He studied law in Athens.{{Cite web |date=July 9, 2022 |title=Former PASOK minister Athanasios Dimitrakopoulos has died |url=https://www.eleftheria.gr/%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1/item/318013.html |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=Eleftheria |language=el-gr}} Dimitrakopoulos was first elected to the Hellenic Parliament in the 1981 Greek legislative election, and he was re-elected in 1985, June 1989, November 1989, 1990, and 1993.{{Cite web |title=Term of Office of MPs from 1974 until Today |url=https://www.hellenicparliament.gr/en/Vouleftes/Diatelesantes-Vouleftes-Apo-Ti-Metapolitefsi-Os-Simera/?MpId=d864f7c4-269a-4803-a1a0-3cb1b54ce0ee |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=Hellenic Parliament}} From September 1987 until June 1988, Dimitrakopoulos was a deputy minister in Parliament. He later served as the president of the Hellenic Post.

Dimitrakopoulos was married and had two children. He died on 8 July 2022, at the age of 86.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-08 |title=The former MP and PASOK minister Thanasis Dimitrakopoulos has died |url=https://www.protothema.gr/politics/article/1262888/pethane-o-proin-vouleutis-kai-upourgos-tou-pasok-thanasis-dimitrakopoulos/ |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=Proto Thema |language=el}}