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Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson become Greek citizens
A post shared by Kyriakos Mitsotakis (@kyriakos_) on Jul 25, 2020 at 11:02pm PDTThe meeting is said to have taken place on the island of Paros and the photo sees a beaming Tom and Rita with their new passports.The PM captioned the image: ‘@ritawilson @tomhanks are now proud Greek citizens.’The wildfire in 2018 killed more than 100 people and tore through the seaside village of Mati, causing widespread devastation.Greece’s Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos spoke to CNN in December and said that Tom, ‘showed real interest in the people who suffered from the fire in Mati and promoted this issue in the global media.’For their ‘exceptional services to Greece’ former Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos signed an honorary naturalisation
