SYRIZA MP for the Dodecanese and former minister Nektarios Santorinios passed away on Monday morning at the Rhodes hospital where he was being treated for the last few weeks.

Nektarios Santorinios fought a hard but losing battle with cancer in recent years but unfortunately, he failed to overcome it. In particular, the MP found out he suffered from pancreatic cancer, completely by accident. According to the reports, he wanted to start working out at the Parliament gym. He took the registration exam, but when the results came out, the doctors rushed him to Athens while he was in Rhodes.

A minute’s silence was observed today in the Plenary Session of the Parliament for the death of Nektarios Santorinios.

Nektarios Santorinios was born in 1972 in Rhodes and comes from Symi. He was married to Matina Hatzimarkou and father of two children.
He studied Chemical Engineering at E.M.P. and gained many years of work experience, both in the private and public sectors, mainly in environmental studies and the provision of consulting services.

Since 2000, he worked at the Planning Office of the Municipality of Rhodes with the main tasks of project/action studies and proposals for inclusion of actions in European (2nd CSF, 3rd CSF, NSRF, Interreg, URBAN, etc.) and National (Theseas, EPTA), Green Fund, etc.) co-financed programs.