Athanasios Pafilis (Greek: Αθανάσιος Παφίλης) (born 8 November 1954[1]) is a Greek communist politician, member of the Hellenic Parliament and member of the central committee of the Communist Party of Greece.
He is also the General Secretary of the World Peace Council and was briefly also a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).
[1] He joined the Communist Youth of Greece during the Greek Dictatorship[3] and witnessed the Polytechnic uprising.
[4] He was elected to the Greek Parliament in June 1989 with Synaspismos for Phthiotida, and re-elected in November 1989 and April 1990.
[5] He is a member of the Central Committee of KKE since 1991 and General Secretary of EEDYE, the Greek branch of the World Peace Council.