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Former Senator Paul Sarbanis, one of the legends of the Greek-American Community in Washington and a defender of Greek national issues in Congress, died on Sunday night at the age of 87. FOX reported that he “died peacefully in Baltimore.”
He was born on February 3, 1933 in Salisbury, Maryland, the son of a restaurant owner. He studied at Princeton, Oxford and Harvard and was first elected to parliament in 1971. He remained a Member of Parliament until 1977 and, together with John Bradima, led the struggle for Cyprus and the imposition of an arms embargo on Turkey.
In 1977 he was elected senator, representing Maryland for five terms, until 2007 when he retired.
His son, John Sarbanis, who has a career in politics, is elected Member of Parliament for Maryland.
The deceased has been awarded for his services to Hellenism with the highest medals of Greece and Cyprus and the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
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