| Demetri Dollis | |
| Native Name: | Δημήτρης Δόλλης |
| Native Name Lang: | Greek |
| Term Start: | 5 September 2010 |
| Term End: | 20 June 2012 |
| Primeminister: | |
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| Term Start2: | 3 May 1994 |
| Term End2: | 23 December 1996 |
| Term Start3: | 3 May 1994 |
| Term End3: | 23 December 1996 |
| Leader3: | John Brumby |
| Predecessor3: | Bob Sercombe |
| Successor3: | John Thwaites |
| Term Start4: | 1 October 1988 |
| Term End4: | 17 September 1999 |
| Birth Name: | Demetrios Dollis |
| Birth Date: | df=y 19 May 1956 |
Demetrios "Demetri" Dollis (el|Δημήτρης Δόλλης; born 19 May 1956 in Argos Orestiko) is a former Australian politician of Greek descent and a former Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece under the Cabinets of George Papandreou and Coalition Cabinet of Lucas Papademos. He was a Labor member for Richmond in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 1999, and Victorian Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997.[1]
Dollis was elected at the 1988 Victorian State election. In 1994, Dollis, who was from the Left faction, was elected deputy leader of the ALP as part of a factional deal that saved ALP leader John Brumby from being ousted in an attempted leadership coup.[2]
In 1999, Dollis was disendorsed by the ALP in light of his time spent abroad.[3] Dollis had become involved in helping to free Australian CARE workers imprisoned in Yugoslavia, and was unable to respond to allegations he was seeking a job from the Greek government.[4]
Following his departure from Victorian politics, Dollis took up roles on Greek diplomatic circuit. In 2010 Dollis was appointed as a Greek Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs[5] [6] alongside Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou, a role held until June 2012 when the Coalition Cabinet of Antonis Samaras was sworn in.
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