Panagiotis Beglitis (b. 25 February 1958, Corinth

Corinth

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) is a Greek

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 politician, who from 2004-7 was Member of the European Parliament

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 for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement

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; part of the Party of European Socialists

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. Since 17 June 2011 he is the Minister for National Defence

Minister for National Defence (Greece)

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 of Greece.

In the 2007 Greek legislative election he was elected to the Greek Parliament for Corinthia

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, and consequently resigned from the European Parliament

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. In 2009 he was appointed Deputy Defense Minister, and was named Defense Minister on 17 June 2011.