Dimitris Kremastinos


Dimitris Kremastinos was a Greek politician, physician, Professor of Cardiology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Life

He had served as Minister of Health and Welfare and Social Security, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Social Affairs of the Hellenic Parliament, and in 2015 was elected Vice-President of the Hellenic Parliament. He was elected MP of the Dodecanese with PASOK and the Democratic Alignment. He was the personal physician of Andreas Papandreou.

Death

On 26 March 2020, he was admitted to the Evangelismos Hospital in Athens, due to a severe infection with COVID-19. He died at the hospital on 8 May 2020.