Gerasimos Arsenis

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The famous phrase uttered by the late premier and PASOK leader Andreas Papandreou in 1986 when he expelled then-minister Gerasimos Arsenis from the party after a critical speech the latter gave in Karditsa, has gone down in history: "With his actions, Mr Arsenis has removed himself from the party."

Greek politician Gerasimos Arsenis passed away at at the age of 85, at ‘Mitera’ hospital, in Athens, Tuesday. Arsenis, the husband of current head of the National bank of Greece, Luka Katseli, had served as Minister of Finance, Education and National Defence under the socialist government of PASOK.