Name Larry Chatzidakis Role Politician | Education Villanova University | |
Larry Chatzidakis (born June 24, 1949) is an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1997–2008, where he represented the 8th legislative district. Chatzidakis had been appointed in 1997 to fill the Assembly seat vacated by Martha W. Bark upon her selection to fill a New Jersey Senate vacancy.
Chatzidakis served in the Assembly on the Environment and Solid Waste and the Military and Veterans' Affairs Committees.
In the Assembly, Chatzidakis was the sponsor of a bill to prohibit use of cell phones while driving, and a resolution to urge the Federal Aviation Administration to replace Atlantic City Bader Field with Hammonton Municipal Airport as the reliever airport for Atlantic City International Airport.
Chatzidakis served on the Mount Laurel Township Council from 1985–2000 and as its Mayor of Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey in 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000. He served on the Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders from 1995–1997.
Chatzidakis received an A.B. degree from Villanova University in Psychology. He is a resident of Mount Laurel Township.
District 8
Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 8th Legislative District for the 2006-2007 Legislative Session were: