The post of his son
Died by the distinguished lawyer, diplomat and former minister of PASOK, Christos Rokofyllos, as his son, Constantine, made known, with his posting on social media. “It was quiet today, after living a complete, interesting and creative life, always with dignity. Hi dad, good trip, “he noted.
His career
Christos Rokofyllos was born on 19/11/1931, in Amfilochia, was married to Elsa Agathonikou, with whom he had a son and a daughter.
He had graduated from the Law School of the University of Athens and had a doctorate Diploma of Higher Legal Studies (DES) of the University of Sorbonne Paris
Member of the Board of Directors of the Group ” Alexandros Papanastasiou ” since 1965. On April 22, 1967, the day after the dictatorship of the colonels, along with S. Karagiorga, K. Simitis, M. Deloukas and other Democrats founded the resistance organization.
In October 1967, he was first arrested by the dictatorship regime and imprisoned in the basements of Bouboulina Street. In 1969, in July, he was arrested for the second time, held three months in strict isolation and six months with other Democrats to lead to the long -standing trial of 34, when the military court sentenced him to five years in prison. During the dictatorship there was a defense lawyer in many resistance trials, he referred to the EIA.
On August 31, 1974, after the collapse of the dictatorship, he was elected a member of the Democratic Defense Board of Directors, who negotiated and agreed to merge with PASOK.
In 1975, it was erased for a short time by the party. In 1977, he was elected for the first time a member of Aitoloakarnania with the PASOK ballot. From October 1981 to the summer of 1982, he served as governor of the Agricultural Bank.
In the summer of 1982, Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou placed him a Greek ambassador to France where he remained until 1987, while at the same time he was an ambassador of our country to the Vatican and UNESCO.
During the period 1989-1993, he was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. On September 24, 1990, at the 2nd PASOK Congress, he was elected a member of the Central Committee, and he was a parliamentary spokesman for the party from 1993-1994. On April 17, 1994, at the PASOK 3rd Congress, he was re -elected a member of the Central Committee, and on July 8 of the same year, he took over as a deputy minister of industry for the first time. On June 30, 1996, at the PASOK 4th Congress, he was re -elected member of the Movement. In 1997, he took over as head of the Greek parliamentary delegation in NATO. In March 1999, at the 5th Congress of the Movement, he was re -elected a member of the JU and in April of the same year, he was appointed Secretary of the Foreign and Defense Department. In July of that year, he took over as Deputy Foreign Minister until April 2000. On October 7, 2000, he resigned as a member of the PASOK Central Committee, due to his strong reactions and the public disapproval of Prime Minister Simitis, who caused his professional meeting with his professional meeting with his professional meeting with his professional meeting with his professional meeting of the ship ” Express Samina ”.
He was Deputy Minister of Industry 08/07/1994 15/09/1995 and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.