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{{Short description|Greek politician and author (1924-2011)}}
'''Anastasios Peponis''' ({{langx|el|Αναστάσιος Πεπονής}}; 1924 – 8 August 2011) was a [[Greece|Greek]] politician and author.

== Life ==
He was born in 1924 in [[Athens]], Greece. During the [[Axis occupation of Greece during World War II|Axis Occupation of Greece]] in the [[Second World War]] (1941–44), Peponis was an active member of two [[Greek Resistance|resistance]] organizations: the [[Panhellenic Union of Fighting Youths]] (PEAN) and the National Coalition of Higher Education Institutions (ESAS), being involved especially in the underground press.

After the war he studied law, and began practice in 1952. In 1951–52, during his studies, he was leader of the Youth Section of the [[National Progressive Center Union]] (EPEK). As the general director of the [[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation]] in 1964-65 he founded the Experimental Channel which began Greek public television. During the [[Greek military junta of 1967–1974]] he was arrested five times, imprisoned, held in [[solitary confinement]], and ordered into [[exile]].

After the junta's fall, he became a member of the [[Panhellenic Socialist Movement]] (PASOK). From 1977 to 2000 he was elected with PASOK as a member of the [[Hellenic Parliament]] for Athens. After the [[European Union#1973–1993|accession of Greece to the EEC]] on January 1, 1981, he became a provisional member of the [[European Parliament]] representing Greece until the country could hold its [[1981 European Parliament election in Greece|first European Parliament elections]]. In successive PASOK cabinets he held the portfolios of [[Minister for Industry and Energy (Greece)|Industry and Energy]] (1981–82),<ref name="Papandreou1981-85">{{cite web | url = http://www.ggk.gov.gr/?p=1287 | title = ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣH ΑΝΔΡΕA ΠΑΠΑΝΔΡΕΟΥ - Από 21.10.1981 έως 5.6.1985 | language=Greek | publisher = General Secretariat of the Greek Government | accessdate = 17 March 2011}}</ref> Industry, Energy and Research (1986–89,<ref name="Papandreou1985-89">{{cite web | url = http://www.ggk.gov.gr/?p=1291 | title = ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣH ΑΝΔΡΕA ΠΑΠΑΝΔΡΕΟΥ - Από 5.6.1985 έως 2.7.1989 | language=Greek | publisher = General Secretariat of the Greek Government | accessdate = 17 March 2011}}</ref> 1989–90<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ggk.gov.gr/?p=1301 | title = ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣH ΞΕΝΟΦΩΝΤΑ ΖΟΛΩΤΑ - Από 23.11.1989 έως 11.4.1990 | language=Greek | publisher = General Secretariat of the Greek Government | accessdate = 17 March 2011}}</ref> and 1995<ref name="Papandreou1993-96">{{cite web | url = http://www.ggk.gov.gr/?p=1307 | title = ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣH ΑΝΔΡΕA ΠΑΠΑΝΔΡΕΟΥ - Από 13.10.1993 έως 22.1.1996 | language=Greek | publisher = General Secretariat of the Greek Government | accessdate = 17 March 2011}}</ref>). He was Minister without portfolio in 1984,<ref name="Papandreou1981-85"/> Minister to the Presidency of the Government in 1989 and in 1993–94,<ref name="Papandreou1993-96"/> [[Minister for Justice (Greece)|Minister for Justice]] in 1995,<ref name="Papandreou1993-96"/> and [[Minister for Health and Welfare (Greece)|Minister for Health and Welfare]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ggk.gov.gr/?p=1310 | title = ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣH ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ ΣΗΜΙΤΗ - Από 22.1.1996 έως 25.9.1996 | language=Greek | publisher = General Secretariat of the Greek Government | accessdate = 17 March 2011}}</ref> In 1985–86, as MP he acted as the chief sponsor for the revision of the [[Greek Constitution]]. The proposed amendments were designed to increase the powers of the prime minister by removing the reserved powers of the president, and they had caused [[Greek constitutional crisis of 1985|constitutional crisis]].<ref>{{Cite book |editor-last=Grigoriadis |editor-first=Ioannis N. |title=Democratic transition and the rise of Populist Majoritarianism: Constitutional Reform in Greece and Turkey |date=2017 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan| location=Cham| language=en| isbn=9783319575551 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/FXzFAQAACAAJ?hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjv19PjlK6LAxWbF1kFHXU4Pb8Q7_IDegQIDxAC|pages=43-44}}</ref>

As the minister responsible for energy policy he conceived of, negotiated and signed an agreement on importing [[natural gas]] to Greece from the then-[[Soviet Union]] and [[Algeria]] and started its realization in 1987–88. In the same capacity, he proposed and oversaw a strategy for disengaging foreign companies searching for oil in the [[northern Aegean]] from issues of national security and international policy.

As Minister for Public Administration he introduced and secured passage for Law 2190/94 establishing the [[Supreme Council for Personnel Selection]] (ASEP) and the system of public hiring by means of objective criteria.

Peponis died on 8 August 2011. He was 87.

== Publications ==
His books include: ''Personal Testimony'' (Athens 1970 and 2001), ''Wider Communication'' (on Mass Media; Athens 1973), ''On Popular Sovereignty'' (Athens 1975), ''The Constitutional Revision of 1985/86'' (Athens 1986), ''Greece and Democracy in a New Reality'' (Athens 1996), ''1961-81: Persons and Events'' (Athens 2001), ''On the Issue of the Aegean Sea: Oil, “Boundary Disputes,” the European Union and the Energy Connection'' (Athens 2008).

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