Ilias Kasidiaris
| Ilias P. Kasidiaris | |
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| Spokesman for Golden Dawn | |
| Member of Hellenic Parliament | |
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Assumed office 6 May 2012 |
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| Born |
29 November 1980 Piraeus, Greece |
| Political party | Golden Dawn |
| Residence | Drafi, Greece |
| Alma mater | Agricultural University of Athens |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Greek Orthodox |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Greece
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| Service/branch | Hellenic Army |
Ilias P. Kasidiaris (Greek: Ηλίας Π. Κασιδιάρης; born 29 November 1980), is a Greek Member of Parliament and spokesperson of Golden Dawn, a Greek far-rightpolitical party in Greece.
Ilias Kasidiaris was born on 29 November 1980 in Piraeus, Greece.
Kasidiaris' father, Panagiotis Kasidiaris, is a retired doctor while his mother is a teacher in philology with a specialization in archaeology. He also has a brother called Alexis. As a child he was appealed by gymnastics, martial arts, writing and history. For many years, he had been taking dance classes, including tango.
During his military service, he served in the 1st Raider/Paratrooper Brigade and more specifically in the Gamma Amphibious Raider Squadron in Chios. He holds a degree in food science from the Agricultural University of Athens.
Kasidiaris bears a tattoo on his arm of an ancient Greek meander symbol, widely and incorrectly reported as swastika composed of Grecian Key meanders, a logo of his party.
Kasidiaris was present at an anti-mosque protest in Athens on the 4th November 2016. The protest centred around the SYRIZA government's state funded mosque build that used Greek Navy land and state financing for its construction. This has received negative publicity both home across the political spectrum, and was reported abroad, as the government were cutting back public spending on Greek citizen who are predominately (over 98% ) Greek Orthodox Christians. However both the government and opposition supported the construction of the first mosque in Athens despite general negativity within the parties due to the financial and constitutional implications. Further friction was caused by the SYRIZA government who sought to reduce the influence of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Hellenic society.
Kasidiaris quoted in a 23 October 2012 speech to parliament. Defending himself in a discussion of whether to lift his parliamentary immunity over his assault of Kanelli, he quoted the passage, "In order to destroy the prestige of heroism we shall send them for trial in the category of theft, murder and every kind of abominable and filthy crime." Kasidiaris, as well as two of his Golden Dawn colleagues, had their immunities stripped by a unanimous vote of the parliament.
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