Nikolaos-Georgios "Nikos" Dendias ( Greek Νίκος Δένδιας , born October 7, 1959 in Corfu ) is a Greek lawyer and politician. He has held several ministerial posts and has been foreign minister in Kyriakos Mitsotaki's cabinet since 2019 .
biography
Dendias comes from the small island of Paxos . He attended the first three classes of primary school in Corfu and then until 1978 the Athens College (Κολλέγιο Αθηνών). He studied law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens . After graduating in June 1983, he was admitted to the University of London , where he studied nautical and insurance law at University College (UCL) and criminology at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and in 1984 a Master of Laws (LL.M .) obtained. In 1985 he joined the army, where he served as an infantry officer and attended courses at the War College. He is a lawyer on the Supreme Court .
Political career
In 1978 Dendias joined the youth organization ONNED of the Nea Dimokratia (ND) party . He was also active in the ND student union and was elected to the governing body of the Law Faculty of the University of Athens after Kostas Karamanlis . In 1980 he was elected to the ONNED's Central Student Secretariat. In 1980 he attended a special seminar for senior party officials from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation . In 2000 he ran for a seat in parliament. In the election in March 2004 he was elected for the first time as a member of the ND in parliament. In May 2008 he became deputy parliamentary group leader of the ND. He has been a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2004. From January 2009 until the elections on October 4, 2009 he was Minister of Justice in the government of Kostas Karamanlis. In December 2010 the group became chairman of the ND. In the Cabinet Samaras he was on 21 June 2012 to 10 June 2014 Minister of Public Order and Citizen Protection, then Minister of Development and competitiveness and, after the departure of Dimitris Avramopoulos his successor as defense minister.
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↑ List of ministers in the Samaras cabinet 2012–2015 (Greek)
Acting Foreign Ministers in the European Union
Prime Minister: Kostas Karamanlis
Minister:
Minister for Internal Affairs: Prokopis Pavlopoulos from September 11, 2009: Spyros Flogaitis
Foreign Minister: Dora Bakogianni
Defense Minister: Vangelis Meimarakis | Minister of Economy and Finance: Georgios Alogoskoufis from January 8, 2009: Ioannis Papathanasiou
Minister of Development: Christos Folias from January 8, 2009: Kostis Chatzidakis
Minister of Environment, Spatial Planning and Public Works: Georgios Souflias
Minister of Education and Religious Affairs: Evripidis Stylianidis from January 8, 2009: Aristoboulos Spiliotopoulos
Minister of Labor and Social Security: Vasilis Manginas from December 17, 2007: Fani Palli-Petralia
Minister of Health and Social Solidarity: Dimitris Avramopoulos
Minister of Rural Development and Food: Alexandros Kondos from January 8, 2009 : Sotirios Chatzigakis
Minister of Justice: Sotirios Chatzigakis from January 8, 2009: Nikos Dendias
Minister of Culture: Michail – Giorgos Liapis from January 8, 2009: Andonis Samaras
Minister of Tourism Development: Aristoboulos Spiliotopoulos from January 8, 2009: Konstantinos Markopoulos Minister of Transport and Communication: Konstantinos Chatzidakis from January 8, 2009 : Evripidis Stylianidis
Minister for the Merchant Navy, Aegean and Island Policy: Giorgos Voulgarakis from September 13, 2008: Anastasios Papaligouras
Minister for Macedonia and Thrace: Margariti Tzimas from January 8, 2009: Stavros Kalafatis
Minister of State and Government Spokesman : Theodoros Rousopoulos (until 24. October 2008)
Prime Minister:
Andonis Samaras ( Nea Dimokratia )
Deputy Prime Minister: (since June 25, 2013) Evangelos Venizelos ( PASOK )
Minister:
Minister of the Interior: Evripidis Stylianidis , since June 25, 2013: Giannis Michelakis (ND) since June 10, 2014: Argyris Dinopoulos | Minister for Administrative Reform and E-Government : Andonis Manitakis (independent) since June 25, 2013: Kyriakos Mitsotakis (ND)
Finance Minister: Giannis Stournaras (independent) | Minister for Development, Competitiveness until June 25, 2013 also for Infrastructure and Transport and Networks: Kostis Chatzidakis (ND) | since June 25, 2013: Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks: Michalis Chrysochoidis (PASOK) | Minister for Development, Competitiveness since June 25, 2013: Kostis Chatzidakis (ND) since June 10, 2014: Nikos Dendias (ND) since November 3, 2014: Konstandinos Skrekas | Foreign Minister: Dimitris Avramopoulos ( ND ) since June 25, 2013: Evangelos Venizelos (PASOK) | Defense Minister: Panos Panagiotopoulos (ND) since June 25, 2013: Dimitris Avramopoulos (ND) since November 3, 2014: Nikos Dendias (ND) | Minister of Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sport: Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos (ND) until June 25, 2013 | Minister of Education, Religious Affairs: since June 25, 2013: Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos (ND) since June 10, 2014: Andreas Loverdos (PASOK) | Minister of Culture and Sport: since June 25, 2013: Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos (ND) since June 10, 2014: Konstantinos Tasoulas (ND) | Minister of Labor and Social Security: Giannis Vroutsis (ND) | Minister of Health and Social Affairs: Andreas Lykourentzos (ND) since June 25, 2013: Adonis Georgiadis since June 10, 2014: Makis Voridis (ND) | Minister for Rural Development and Food: Athanasios Tsaftsaris (PASOK) since June 10, 2014: Giorgos Karasmanis (ND) | Minister for Justice, Transparency and Human Rights: Andonis Roupakiotis (independent) since June 25, 2013: Charalambos Athanasiou (ND) | Minister for Citizen Protection: Nikos Dendias (ND) since June 10, 2014: Vasilis Kikilias (ND) | Minister of Tourism: Olga Kefalogianni (ND) | Minister for the Merchant Navy and the Aegean Sea: Kostis Mousouroulis since June 25, 2013: Miltiadis Varvitsiotis | Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change: Evangelos Livieratos (non-party) since June 25, 2013: Giannis Maniatis | Minister for Macedonia and Thrace: Theodoros Karaoglou (ND) since June 10, 2014: Georgios Orfanos | Minister of State: Dimitris Stamatis (ND) | Government spokesman: Simos Kedikoglou (ND)
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