Former parliament president Filippos Petsalnikos dies, aged 70
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Former parliament president Filippos Petsalnikos died on Friday, at the age of 70.
Petsalnikos was a lawyer and politician elected as a PASOK MP in Kastoria. He was appointed a minister in several posts in the period 1985-2012.
He was also House speaker for a period .
The state will pay for his funeral, following a proposal made by Parliament President Kostas Tassoulas and the decisions of Finance Minister Christos Staikouras and Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos.
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