Triantafyllos Parcharidis

Triantafyllos Parcharidis was born in Agios Dimitrios, Kozani, to refugee parents. After completing his secondary education, he emigrated to Canada, where he initially worked in construction as a laborer and later as a contractor. With the imposition of the dictatorship in Greece in 1967, he played a leading role in establishing the anti-dictatorship movement in Toronto. In 1968, with the founding of the Panhellenic Liberation Movement (P.A.K.) by Andreas Papandreou, he joined and contributed his services to the organization.