| Dimosthenis Theocharidis | |
 Dimosthenis Theocharidis | |
| Birth: | 10 July 1914 Agrapadies, Florina, Greece |
| Death: | 20 February 2019 Florina, Greece |
| Age: | 104 years, 225 days |
| Country: |  GRE
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| Centenarian | |
Dimosthenis Theocharidis (10 July 1914 – 20 February 2019) was a Greek politician and lawyer. He served as a member of parliament for Florina with various parties for many terms. He was elected for a total of 8 parliamentary terms, equaling the record of terms of Georgios Andreadis. At the time of his death he was the oldest living New Democracy politician.
Biography
He was born on 10 July 1914 in Agrapadies, Florina, the son of Michail and Soultana. He studied and practiced law. He was elected MP of Florina with EPEK in 1951, 1952 and Florinis-Kastorias with EPEK (Democratic Union) in 1956. He was re-elected MP of Florina with the Union of the Center in 1961, 1963 and 1964. During the dictatorship of 1967-1974 he was arrested and in the prisons of Maroussi.
Post-government he was a candidate for MP in Florina in 1974 with the Union of the Center-New Forces receiving 4,464 votes. In 1977 he was politicized again in Florina with EDIK, without success. He was re-elected MP with New Democracy in 1981 with 7,007 votes and in 1985. He was also, as a personal choice of Karamanlis, General Secretary of Northern Greece.
He died on February 20, 2019.
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