Filippos Petsalnikos

Filippos Petsalnikos
Φίλιππος Πετσάλνικος
Petsalnikos in 2010
Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
In office 15 October 2009 – 11 April 2012
President	Karolos Papoulias
Preceded by	Dimitris Sioufas
Succeeded by	Vyron Polydoras
Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
In office 19 March 2004 – 14 October 2009
Speaker	Anna Psarouda-Benaki Dimitris Sioufas
Minister of Justice
In office 24 October 2001 – 10 March 2004
Prime Minister	Costas Simitis
Preceded by	Michael Stathopoulos
Succeeded by	Anastasios Papaligouras
Minister of Public Order
In office 30 October 1998 – 19 February 1999
Prime Minister	Costas Simitis
Preceded by	Georgios Romeos
Succeeded by	Michalis Chrysohoidis
Minister of Macedonia-Thrace
In office 22 October 1996 – 30 October 1998
Prime Minister	Costas Simitis
Preceded by	Constantinos Triaridis
Succeeded by	Giannis Magriotis
Personal details
Born	(1950-12-01)1 December 1950 Mavrochori, Greece
Died	13 March 2020(2020-03-13) (aged 69)
Political party	Movement of Democratic Socialists (since 2015), PASOK (until 2015)
Spouse	Mariele Biedendieck
Children	Alexandros Danae Electra
Alma mater	University of Thessaloniki University of Bonn
Profession	Attorney
Website	www.petsalnikos.gr

Filippos Petsalnikos (Greek: Φίλιππος Πετσάλνικος; 1 December 1950 – 13 March 2020)^[1] was a Greek politician of the Movement of Democratic Socialists. From 2009 to 2012, he served as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament. Before, he was a Member of the Hellenic Parliament from 1985 to 2012.