Papathanasiou was born in
Athens on 1954. He studied
Electrical Engineering at the
National Technical University of Athens. He has been chairman and managing director of the company ‘I. D. Papathanassiou SA - Trading of technological equipment for buildings since December 31, 2002. He was first elected member of the
Hellenic Parliament in 2002, from the
state deputies' list, ==References==