Eleftherios Papadimitriou

{{Short description|Greek politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Eleftherios Papadimitriou

| office = Member of the Greek parliament

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| constituency = Arta

| termend = 1993

| termstart = 1981

| children =

| alma_mater = National and Kapodistrian University of Athens LLB(Hons) in Law, Athens University of Economics and Business BA(Hons) in Economics, New York University (NYU)

MA(Cum Laude) in Economics.

}}

Eleftherios Papadimitriou ({{langx|el| Ελευθέριος Παπαδημητρίου}}), born December 1948{{Cite web|url=https://vouliwatch.gr/mp/papadimitriou-eleutherios|title=Παπαδημητρίου Ελευθέριος|website=vouliwatch - (in Greek) CV ELEGTHERIOS PAPADIMITRIOU|accessdate=16 June 2023}} is a Greek politician, lawyer and economist.

An active honorary member of the New Democracy (ND) party, he served as a representative in the Greek Parliament from 1981 to 1993. He is a centrist democrat.

{{Cite web|url=https://www.hellenicparliament.gr/en/Vouleftes/Diatelesantes-Vouleftes-Apo-Ti-Metapolitefsi-Os-Simera/?MpId=f7d51224-862f-41d3-be94-d8e7be0d777b|title=Official site - Hellenic (Greek) Parliament - CV Eleftherios Papadimitriou MP|accessdate=16 June 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://vouliwatch.gr/mp/papadimitriou-eleutherios|title=Παπαδημητρίου Ελευθέριος|website=vouliwatch - Δυναμώνουμε τη Δημοκρατία|accessdate=16 June 2023}}

On December 21, 1992, he was attacked by two members of the terrorist group 17N.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hri.org/news/greek/ana/2000/00-06-09.ana.html#03|title=Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English, 00-06-09 [03] Assassination attempt against New Democracy party Deputy Eleftherios Papadimitriou |website=www.hri.org|accessdate=16 June 2023}}{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/783607.stm|title=BBC News | EUROPE | Diplomat killed 'over Kosovo role'|website=news.bbc.co.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tovima.gr/2008/11/24/archive/ta-xtypimata-tis-17-noembri-no-73-77/|title= ΤΑ ΧΤΥΠΗΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ «17 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΗ» Νο 73-77|date=November 24, 2008|website=ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ}}

==Professional career==

Papadimitriou is a lawyer and the founder of a law firm based in Athens, practicing law since 1976.

He was a litigator in cases such as, the 17N trial in 2003, as well as, representing the municipality of Kommeno, concerning the Nazi massacre in 1943, before the Greek Supreme Special Court (exterritoriality jus cogens), for crimes against humanity in WWII (German reparation claims).https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20030900001 | Greek Government Gazete pg 12. Eleftherios Papadimitriou representing the Kommeno municipality before the Greek Supreme Special Court (In Greek){{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/greek/local/020820_17n.shtml | title= BBC news - Eleftherios Papadimitriou appointed as litigator in the 17N case 2003 (in Greek) Καταθέσεις και πολιτική αγωγή | BBC Greek }}{{cite web | url=https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/assets/files/other/irrc_851_gillard.pdf | title= Reparation for violations of international humanitarian law by EMANUELA CHIARA GILLARD - see pg. 10 (538)}}