Dimitrios V. Tsoukalas
MP Dimitrios V. Tsoukalas was born in Athens in 1948. He was a President of the Greek Federation of Bank Employee Unions and a Member of Parliament for the State at the “SY.RIZ.A.
Political career
He was a Member of Parliament for the State at the “SY.RIZ.A.” party in the elections of 2012.
Education
He studied Economics and continued his post-graduate studies on Port and Shipping Administration in the University of Wales. He speaks English , French and Italian.
Notable Work
Throughout his professional career, he worked in the private sector, for the Dutch Bank ABN AMRO and for many years he was President of the employees’ union of the Bank. As President of OTOE (Greek Federation of Bank Employee Unions), he linked his name with the struggles for the social security system and the protection of sectoral collective agreements. In his international activities, has been Vice President of the European Works Council of ABN AMRO, Vice-President of UNI-Europa (European Trade Union for the services’ sector, representing 8.000.000 members in Europe), Trade Union Expert for Greece on European Work Councils. He developed action contributing in relations based on friendship and solidarity between workers in Europe and particularly in Mediterranean countries (UNIMED) and the Balkans. As representative of the Greek workers he participated in meetings and conferences against war and occupation (Lebanon – Palestine- Serbia – Bosnia – Cyprus) during difficult and dangerous periods of their history. He actively participated in the European Social Forum and in movements which promote values based on solidarity between people, far from racism, xenophobia and war. He is Member of the Regional Council of Attica with the list “Attica Cooperation – AGAINST the Memorandum”. Also, he is a founding member of the “UNITARY FRONT” and Member of its Coordination Committee. The UNITARY FRONT is a political group which contributed in allying the forces of the Radical Left and the Socialist area. Parliamentary Committees: Member of Standing Committee on Public Administration, Public Order and Justice and Vice President of Special Permanent Committee on Greeks Abroad.
