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{{short description|American Republican Party politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Larry Chatzidakis
|image =
|caption =
|state_assembly=New Jersey
|district = [[New Jersey's 8th legislative district|8th]]
|term_start = January 14, 1997
|term_end = January 8, 2008
|alongside = [[Francis L. Bodine]]
|predecessor = [[Martha W. Bark]]
|successor = [[Dawn Marie Addiego]]<br>[[Scott Rudder]]
|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|6|24}}
|birth_place =
|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
}}

'''Larry Chatzidakis''' (born June 24, 1949) is a Greek-American [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] politician, who served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from 1997 to 2008, where he represented the [[New Jersey's 8th legislative district|8th legislative district]]. Chatzidakis had been appointed in 1997 to fill the Assembly seat vacated by [[Martha W. Bark]] upon her selection to fill a [[New Jersey Senate]] vacancy.

Chatzidakis served in the Assembly on the Environment and Solid Waste and the Military and Veterans' Affairs Committees.<ref name=NJLEG>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080127154913/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/Members/chatz.asp Assemblyman Chatzidakis's Legislative Website], [[New Jersey Legislature]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of January 27, 2008. Accessed March 25, 2011.</ref> In the Assembly, Chatzidakis was the sponsor of a bill to prohibit use of cell phones while driving, and a resolution to urge the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] to replace Atlantic City [[Bader Field]] with [[Hammonton, New Jersey|Hammonton]] Municipal Airport as the reliever airport for [[Atlantic City International Airport]]. Chatzidakis served on the [[Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey|Mount Laurel]] Township Council from 1985 to 2000 and as its [[Mayor of Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey]] in 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000. He served on the [[Burlington County, New Jersey|Burlington County]] [[Board of County Commissioners (New Jersey)|Board of Chosen Freeholders]] from 1995–1997.<ref name=NJLEG/> Chatzidakis received an [[Bachelor of Arts|A.B.]] degree from [[Villanova University]] in Psychology.<ref name=NJLEG/> He is a resident of Mount Laurel Township.<ref>[http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=15207 Assembly Member Larry Chatzidakis], [[Project Vote Smart]]. Accessed August 9, 2007.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080127154913/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/Members/chatz.asp Assemblyman Chatzidakis's Legislative Website]
*[http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=15207 Assembly Member Larry Chatzidakis], [[Project Vote Smart]]
*[http://www.njvoterinfo.org/cb/chatzidakis.html New Jersey Voter Information Website 2003]
*[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/ChatzidakisL2006.pdf New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2006 (PDF)]
*[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/ChatzidakisL2005.pdf New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2005 (PDF)]
*[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/ChatzidakisL2004.pdf New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2004 (PDF)]

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[[Category:Mayors of places in New Jersey]]
[[Category:County commissioners in New Jersey]]
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[[Category:Politicians from Burlington County, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Republican Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the New Jersey Legislature]]
[[Category:20th-century mayors of places in New Jersey]]
[[Category:21st-century members of the New Jersey Legislature]]

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