The former leader of the Greek communist party
Born in the village of Rahoula in 1914.
Florakis joined the KKE in 1941 and took part in the Resistance — using the nome de guerre Capetan Yiotis — and the Civil War. Having fled Greece at the end of the Civil War for the Soviet Union and Romania, he returned in 1954 to face years of persecution and prison (he spent 17 years in prison and concentration camps). He was first elected to Parliament in 1974.
Florakis was a parliamentary deputy from 1974 until the early 1990s
Harilaos Florakis will be buried in his village, Paleozoglopi, in the municipality of Itamos at the Agrafa Mountains in Thessaly, central Greece according to his last wish.
Cause of death:Heart Failure
The former leader of the Greek communist party
Born in the village of Rahoula in 1914.
Florakis joined the KKE in 1941 and took part in the Resistance — using the nome de guerre Capetan Yiotis — and the Civil War. Having fled Greece at the end of the Civil War for the Soviet Union and Romania, he returned in 1954 to face years of persecution and prison (he spent 17 years in prison and concentration camps). He was first elected to Parliament in 1974.
Florakis was a parliamentary deputy from 1974 until the early 1990s
Harilaos Florakis will be buried in his village, Paleozoglopi, in the municipality of Itamos at the Agrafa Mountains in Thessaly, central Greece according to his last wish.
Cause of death:Heart Failure
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