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Australian politician

Demetri DollisMP
Δημήτρης Δόλλης
Dollis in 2010.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 5 September 2010 – 20 June 2012Serving with Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou
Prime Minister	George Papandreou Lucas Papademos Panagiotis Pikrammenos
Minister	George Papandreou Dimitrios Droutsas Stavros Lambrinidis Stavros Dimas Petros Molyviatis
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Victoria
In office 3 May 1994 – 23 December 1996
Leader	John Brumby
Preceded by	Bob Sercombe
Succeeded by	John Thwaites
Deputy Leader of the Labor Party in Victoria
In office 3 May 1994 – 23 December 1996
Leader	John Brumby
Preceded by	Bob Sercombe
Succeeded by	John Thwaites
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Richmond
In office 1 October 1988 – 17 September 1999
Preceded by	Theo Sidiropoulos
Succeeded by	Richard Wynne

Personal details
Born	Demetrios Dollis (1956-05-19) 19 May 1956 (age 68) Argos Orestiko, Kastoria, Greece
Citizenship	Greece Australia
Nationality	Greek Australian
Political party	Labor

Demetrios "Demetri" Dollis (Greek: Δημήτρης Δόλλης; born 19 May 1956 in Argos Orestiko) is a former Australian politician of Greek descent and a former Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece under the Cabinets of George Papandreou and Coalition Cabinet of Lucas Papademos. He was a Labor member for Richmond in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 1999, and Victorian Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997.

Career

Dollis was elected at the 1988 Victorian State election. In 1994, Dollis, who was from the Left faction, was elected deputy leader of the ALP as part of a factional deal that saved ALP leader John Brumby from being ousted in an attempted leadership coup.

In 1999, Dollis was disendorsed by the ALP in light of his time spent abroad. Dollis had become involved in helping to free Australian CARE workers imprisoned in Yugoslavia, and was unable to respond to allegations he was seeking a job from the Greek government.

Following his departure from Victorian politics, Dollis took up roles on Greek diplomatic circuit. In 2010 Dollis was appointed as a Greek Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs alongside Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou, a role held until June 2012 when the Coalition Cabinet of Antonis Samaras was sworn in.

References

Notes

From 7 September 2010 to 10 February 2012.

Citations

"Dollis, Demetri". Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
"Factional deal props up Brumby". Canberra Times (Act : 1926 - 1995). 4 May 1994. p. 10. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
"Steve Bracks disendorses two MPs". PM (ABC Radio). 31 August 1999. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
^ Wilson, Peter (18 June 2012), "Greek minister Demetrios Dollis draws on Aussie career", The Australian, archived from the original on 17 July 2012, retrieved 12 November 2012
"Richmond - 2010 Victorian Election - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 9 February 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
"Papandreou spring surprise cabinet reshuffle". 6 September 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
"Global Greek World: A Bonus for the Omogeneia: Greek Australian Demetris Dollis is Greece's New Deputy Foreign Minister". 7 September 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2012.

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Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded byTheo Sidiropoulos	Member for Richmond 1988–1999	Succeeded byRichard Wynne

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