Jim Karygiannis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jim Karygiannis

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 02-May-1955

Place of Birth: Athens, Attica Region, Greece

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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James "Jim" Karygiannis, (listen) (Greek: ??µ?t??? ?a????a????; born May 2, 1955) is a Canadian politician.
He formerly served in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal MP from 1988 to 2014, and as member of the Toronto City Council from 2014 until 2019, when his seat was vacated due to campaign spending violations. Karygiannis served concurrently as the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and Minister responsible for Democratic Renewal (2005) and was previously parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Transport (2003–2005). On April 1, 2014, he resigned his seat as a Member of Parliament in order to stand in the Toronto municipal election for Toronto City Councillor in Ward 39, and subsequently was elected to that seat.
On November 6, 2019, Karygiannis was removed from office for exceeding election expenses in the 2018 municipal election; however, on November 25, an Ontario Superior Court judge returned Karygiannis to office, accepting his explanation that the expense violation was an inadvertent clerical error.