He died Nektarios SantoriniMember of Parliament for Dodecanese SYRIZA and Deputy Minister of Shipping under the government of Alexis Tsipras.

For several days he was treated in the hospital of Rhodes. He has been battling cancer for the past two years.

His resume

Nektarios Santorinios was born on May 17, 1972 in Rhodes.

He graduated from the Faculty of Chemical Technology of the National Technical University of Athens and has worked professionally in environmental research and advisory services.

Since 2000, he has worked in the Planning Bureau of the Municipality of Rhodes with the main tasks of researching projects / actions and proposals for the inclusion of actions in European (2nd CSF, 3rd CSF, NSRF, Interreg, URBAN, etc.) and national (Co-financing programs (Theseas , EPTA), Green Fund, etc.).

He was Vice President and Secretary of the Board of Directors. Union of Engineering Civil Servants, graduates of the higher schools of the Dodecanese and was a member of the delegation of the Panhellenic Federation EMDYDAS.

His political career

In 2000, he became a member of the Coalition, in 2008 he was elected a member of the Prefectural Committee (PB) of the Southern Dodecanese, and from 2010 to 2013 he was Secretary of the PB.

From 2012 to 2014, he was the Regional Councilor for the South Aegean Region of the Citizens Against the Weather faction and a member of the Economic Committee of the South Aegean Region (2013-2014).

He was a member of the Central Committee of SYRIZA from 2012 to 2013 and was re-elected at the 2016 Congress.

He was elected Member of the Dodecanese Parliament for SYRIZA in the January and September 2015 elections.

On November 5, 2016, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Shipping and Island Policy in the government of Alexis Tsipras.

On August 29, 2018, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Shipping and Island Policy, a position he held until July 9, 2019.

In the 2019 elections, he was re-elected as a deputy.

Tsipras: The loss is great for all of us

Nektarios Santorinios “was one of the most effective shipping ministers, but above all, he was a rare personality,” main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras said in a post.

message from Ala Tsipras: “Words are useless when you have to say goodbye to one of your own who leaves so early. Nektarios Santorinios was one of the most effective ministers of shipping. But above all, he was a rare man. The loss is great for all of us.”

Words are useless when it comes to saying goodbye to one of your own who leaves so early.
Nektarios Santorinios was one of the most effective ministers of shipping.
But above all, he was a rare man.
The loss is great for all of us. pic.twitter.com/iGzMx4nGgW

— Alexis Tsipras (@atsipras) February 13, 2023

Mitsotakis: Honorably Served Public Life

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his condolences on the death of Nektarios Santorini. “A politician who has served his country, his faction and public life with dignity, especially in the field of island politics,” he said.

Prime Ministership: “I was saddened to learn of the loss of SYRIZA MP Nektarios Santorini. A politician who honorably served his country, his faction and public life, especially in the field of island politics. My sincere condolences to his family.”

I was saddened to learn of the loss of SYRIZA MP Nektarios Santorini. A politician who served his country, his faction and public life with dignity, especially in the field of island politics. My sincere condolences to his family.

— Prime Minister GR (@PrimeministerGR) February 13, 2023