This is a list of the 300 members who were elected to the Hellenic Parliament in the June 2012 Greek legislative election .
Members of Parliament [ edit ]
Changes table below records all changes in party affiliation.
23 July 2012: Artemios Matthaiopoulos replaces Nikitas Siois (Golden Dawn ) who resigned on 23 July.
3 August 2012: Nikos Nikolopoulos is expelled from New Democracy (ND) and later founds the Christian Democratic Party .
21 October 2012: Nikos Stavrogiannis [el ] is expelled from New Democracy.
22 October 2012: Ioannis Michelogiannakis (DIMAR ) declares himself an independent.
25 October 2012: Ioannis Michelogiannakis announces his collaboration with SYRIZA .
7 November 2012: Georgios Kasapidis [bg ] is expelled from the New Democracy group and Kostas Skandalidis , Angela Gerekou , Markos Bolaris [el ] , Giannis Koutsoukos, Michalis Kassis and Theodoros Parastatidis [el ] are expelled from the PASOK group.
8 November 2012: Mimis Androulakis (PASOK) declares himself an independent.
12 November 2012: Theodoros Soldatos is expelled from the New Democracy group.
3 December 2012: Andreas Loverdos is expelled from PASOK after founding RIKSSY .
13 December 2012: Ioannis Kourakos [el ] and Konstantinos Markopoulos [el ] (ANEL ) declare themselves independents.
7 January 2013: Odysseas Voudouris and Paris Moutsinas are expelled from DIMAR.
10 January 2013: Christos Aidonis [el ] (PASOK) declares himself an independent.
20 February 2013: Kostas Skandalidis , Angela Gerekou , Giannis Koutsoukos and Michalis Kassis return to the PASOK group.
21 March 2013: Nikolaos Stavrogiannis and Ioannis Kourakos form Nea MERA .
28 March 2013: Zetta Makri replaces Athanasios Nakos who died on 28 March (New Democracy).
15 April 2013: Andreas Loverdos and Christos Aidonis form the Agreement for the New Greece .
1 July 2013: Theodoros Soldatos and Kostas Markopoulos return to New Democracy (the latter had been an ND minister and MP before joining ANEL).
4 July 2013: Ioannis Michelogiannakis joins the SYRIZA group.
11 November 2013: Theodora Tzakri is expelled from the PASOK group for supporting a motion of no confidence submitted by SYRIZA.
21 November 2013: 11 independent MPs of differing political views and party origins—Theodoros Parastatidis, Andreas Loverdos , Christos Aidonis, Mimis Androulakis , Markos Bolaris (former PASOK), Odysseas Voudouris, Paris Moutsinas (former DIMAR), Nikos Nikolopoulos, Georgios Kasapidis, Nikos Stavrogiannis (former ND) and Ioannis Kourakos (former ANEL)—decide to form a new parliamentary group, in order to enjoy the full benefits provided by the standing orders to groups of 10 or more MPs.[ 1] The members of the new group, which takes the name Independent Democratic MPs (Greek : Ανεξάρτητοι Δημοκρατικοί Βουλευτές ), agree to make use of those benefits on a rotational basis. Theodoros Parastatidis is named the group's first rotating chairman.[ 2]
11 December 2013: Georgios Anagnostopoulos replaces Pavlos Sioufas (ND, Karditsa), who resigned on the same day.
21 December 2013: Vyron Polydoras (ND), a former Speaker, declares himself an independent. He later founds the Union for the Homeland and the People .
10 January 2014: Petros Tatsopoulos [el ] (SYRIZA) declares himself an independent.[ 3]
13 January 2014: Georgios Davris is expelled from the Independent Greeks group.[ 4]
23 January 2014: Georgios Davris joins the Independent Democratic MPs.[ 5]
27 January 2014: Petros Tatsopoulos joins the Independent Democratic MPs.[ 6]
15 March 2014: Chrysovalantis Alexopoulos (Golden Dawn) declares himself an independent.[ 7]
18 March 2014: Jailed MP Efstathios Boukouras is expelled from Golden Dawn.[ 8] The same day, Rena Dourou (Syriza) resigns from Parliament in order to focus on her campaign for the presidency of Attica region . She is replaced by the next on the Athens B list, former Olympic swimmer Eleni Avlonitou .[ 9]
26 March 2014: Chrysoula Giatagana and Konstantinos Giovanopoulos [bg ] (ANEL) declare themselves independents.[ 10]
27 March 2014: Aris Spiliotopoulos (Athens B, ND) resigns from Parliament to focus on his campaign for the presidency of Attica region . Next on the list, Yannis Papathanasiou however declines after becoming Chairman of Hellenic Petroleum the month before. Panagiota Iakovidou [el ] (Tania ) therefore takes Spiliotopoulos's seat.[ 11]
31 March 2014: Former Athens mayor , Nikitas Kaklamanis , is expelled from the New Democracy group.[ 12]
3 April 2014: Theodora Tzakri joins the Independent Democratic MPs.[ 13]
2 May 2014: six MPs resign before standing for the European Parliament election on 25 May: Konstantinos Mousouroulis [el ] & Manolis Kefalogiannis (ND), Sofia Sakorafa , Dimitris Papadimoulis & Manolis Glezos (Syriza) and Notis Marias (ANEL). They are replaced on 5 May by, respectively: Stamatis Karmantzis & Giorgos Diktakis (ND), Fotini Kouvela, Anna Hatzisofia [el ] & Mania Papadimitriou (Syriza) and Constantine Damavolitis (ANEL).
9 May 2014: Chrysoula Giatagana and Konstantinos Giovanopoulos join the Independent Democratic MPs.[ 14]
29 May 2014: Vasilis Kapernaros (ANEL) declares himself an independent.[ 15]
3 June 2014: Mika Iatridi [el ] (ANEL) declares herself an independent.[ 16]
6 June 2014: Vasilis Oikonomou [el ] (DIMAR) declares himself an independent.[ 17]
19 June 2014: Vasilis Kapernaros joins the Independent Democratic MPs.[ 18]
10 July 2014: Katerina Markou (DIMAR) declares herself an independent,[ 19] and Grigoris Psarianos is expelled from the DIMAR group.[ 20]
22 August 2014: Andreas Loverdos returns to the PASOK group.[ 21]
27 August 2014: Nikos Stavrogiannis submits his resignation after being elected mayor of Lamia in the May election . His seat is taken over by New Democracy's Dimitris Brianis.[ 22]
29 August 2014: Stamatis Karmantzis (ND) resigns to take the position of Vice-President of the North Aegean region (Αντιπεριφερειάρχης ) for Chios . His seat is taken by Maria Stavrinoudi-Soudi.[ 23]
9 September 2014 Spyros Lykoudis (DIMAR) declares himself an independent.[ 24]
7 October 2014: Nikos Nikolopoulos joins, and Rachil Makri is expelled from, the Independent Greeks group.[ 25]
9 October 2014: Nikitas Kaklamanis returns to the New Democracy group.[ 26]
16 October 2014: Rachil Makri and Mika Iatridi join the Independent Democratic MPs.[ 27] [ 28]
3 November 2014: Dimitris Avramopoulos (ND) resigns as Minister for Defence and member of parliament after taking on the Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship portfolio in the new Juncker Commission .[ 29] His seat is taken over by Thanos Plevris .[ 30]
14 November 2014: Andreas Psycharis [el ] (ND) resigns. His seat is taken by Alexandros Moraitakis .[ 31]
1 December 2014: Panagiotis Melas (ANEL) declares himself an independent.[ 32]
3 December 2014: Panagiotis Melas joins the Independent Democratic MPs.[ 33]
23 December 2014: Niki Founta (DIMAR) declares herself an independent.[ 34]
Notes and references [ edit ]