Charis Kastanidis

Charis Kastanidis (2009)

Charalambos (Charis) Kastanidis ( Greek Χαράλαμπος (Χάρης) Καστανίδης , * 1956 in Thessaloniki ) is a Greek politician . In the government of Giorgos Andrea Papandreou , he was Minister of Justice from October 2009 and Minister of the Interior from June 2001.

Life

Kastanidis is the son of Georgios Kastanidis, a former member of the Central Union, who was persecuted during the Greek military dictatorship , was temporarily in exile and died early.

Charis Kastanidis studied law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki . After the collapse of the dictatorship, he was an activist in the student movement.

Kastanidis has been a member of the social democratic PASOK since October 1974 . Since 1981 he has represented Thessaloniki as a member of the Greek Parliament . 1985–1986, at the age of 29, he became State Secretary in the Ministry of the Interior and, for a short time in 1988, Minister of Education in the government of Andreas Papandreou , in 1988 Deputy Minister of the Interior in the last government of Andreas Papandreou. 1996 to 1997 Minister of Transport in the Konstantinos Simitis government , until he resigned in September 1997 following criticism from the head of government. During the second Simitis government, Kastanidis was parliamentary spokesman for PASOK from October 2001 to July 2003 and Minister for Macedonia and tracts in 2003/2004.

The new Prime Minister, Giorgos Andrea Papandreou , elected in October 2009, appointed Kastanidis to his cabinet as Minister for Justice, Transparency and Human Rights.

Kastanidis is married to the criminal law professor Elisavet Symeonidou and has two daughters.

Web links

• Personal website
• Biography on the Parliament's website (Greek)
• Biography on the Ministry of Justice website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of ministers of the Papandreou government 1985–1989 ( Memento of the original of April 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Greek)  
2. ↑ List of ministers of the Papandreou government 1995 ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Greek)  
3. ↑ List of ministers of the Simitis government 1996 ( Memento of the original from April 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Greek); 1996–2000 ( Memento of the original from April 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Greek)   
4. ^ Document from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
5. ↑ List of ministers of the Simitis government 2000–2004 ( Memento of the original from April 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Greek)  
6. ↑ List of ministers of the Papandreou government 2009- ( Memento of the original of September 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Greek)