Jimmy Dimos

{{Short description|American politician (1938–2023)}}

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Jimmy N. Dimos (October 18, 1938 – May 18, 2023){{cite web |title=Judge Jimmy N Dimos Obituary |url=https://www.mulhearnfuneralhome.com/obituaries/judge-jimmy-dimos |access-date=May 19, 2023}} was a Yugoslavian-born American judge and politician in Louisiana. He emigrated from SR Macedonia, Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia (modern-day North Macedonia) as a child in 1951, joining his father in the U.S. He was a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church growing up.{{Cite web|title=Former House Speaker Jimmy Dimos: A double legend|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2017/07/18/former-house-speaker-jimmy-dimos-double-legend/487516001/|access-date=2021-04-19}} [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/18/former-house-speaker-jimmy-dimos-double-legend/487516001/ Alternative URL] He graduated from Neville High School in Monroe, Louisiana.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lapoliticalmuseum.com/inductees.php?viewID=116|title=Louisiana Political Museum - Louisiana Political Hall of Fame|website=www.lapoliticalmuseum.com}} He attended the University of Louisiana at Monroe and Tulane University.

Dimos served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1976 to 1999. He represented Ouachita Parish.{{cite web |title=Portrait of Louisiana Representative Jimmy N. Dimos in 1976 |url=https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/state-lhp%3A10248 |website=Louisiana Digital Library |access-date=May 19, 2023}} During the governorship of Buddy Roemer, Dimos was speaker of the house.{{cite news |last1=Bridges |first1=Tyler |title=As governor's race picks up steam, there's a silent race for powerful Louisiana House speaker post |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/elections/article_5e02269a-8e72-5728-8ecb-4011b4b60a9e.html |access-date=April 24, 2021 |work=The Advocate |date=October 5, 2015}} He served as a judge of the Louisiana Fourth Judicial District Court bench from 1999 to 2007. In 2017, Dimos was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame.{{cite news |last1=Sentell |first1=Will |title=Civil rights leader Jemison entering Louisiana Political Hall of Fame |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_0f54cf92-de91-11e6-acf1-e33bb40f00c1.html |access-date=April 20, 2021 |work=The Advocate |date=January 19, 2017}}

Dimos died on May 18, 2023, at the age of 84.{{cite news |title=Jimmy Dimos, former House speaker from Monroe, has died |url=https://www.nola.com/news/politics/jimmy-dimos-former-house-speaker-from-monroe-has-died/article_a53d7a3a-f691-11ed-bf2c-8bf09b0ba61e.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |publisher=Nola |date=19 May 2023}}