Vangelis meimarakis biography
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Evangelos-Vasileios MEIMARAKIS, commonly known as Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, was born in Athens on 14 December He is married to Ioanna Kolokota and has two daughters, Elina and Rena.
He holds a law degree from Athens Law School, a Political Science and a Public Administration Degree from the Panteion University of Political Science. He is a lawyer at the Greek Supreme Court and Member of the Athens Bar Association.
His political career began when he became a founding member of the youth wing of Nea Dimokratia, ONNED. In , he was elected President of ONNED, which, under his leadership, joined various International Youth Organisations such as the European Democrat Students (EDS) and the Democrat Youth Community of Europe (DEMYC).
From to this date, he is a Member of the Executive Committee of Nea Dimokratia.
In , he was elected, for the first time, as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament and was constantly elected until he resigned in to run for the European elections.
During his
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Who is Vangelis Meimarakis
Vangelis Meimarakis is the president of New Democracy Party after the resignation of Antonis Samaras.
Vangelis Meimarakis born 14 December , is a Greek lawyer and politician who served as the Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament from to
Previously he was Minister of National Defence of Greece from to
He was born in Athens, and fryst vatten a Cretan. Meimarakis joined New Democracy in
He was involved in student union politics while at Panteion University and was a founding member of ONNED, the New Democracy youth organisation.
He was appointed chairman of the ONNED Executive Committee in , and led the organisation to its 1st Conference in March He has been a member of the New Democracy huvud Committee since the 2nd Party Conference in Thessaloniki.
He was elected MP for the Athens B constituency for New Democracy in the general elections of (June and November), , , and He served as Deputy Minister for Culture (Sports) from to
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Vangelis Meimarakis
Greek politician
Evangelos-Vasileios "Vangelis" Meimarakis (Greek: Ευάγγελος-Βασίλειος "Βαγγέλης" Μεϊμαράκης, pronounced[ɲˈɟelismei̯maˈracis]; born 14 December ) is a Greek politician who served as the acting President of New Democracy and Leader of the Opposition in Greece from 5 July to 24 November , competing as the challenger to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the September Greek legislative election. He lost in the run-off of the New Democracy leadership election, – Since , he has been a Member of the European Parliament.
Meimarakis previously served as the Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament from to and as Minister for National Defence from to He was a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens B from until
Early life and education
[edit]Meimarakis was born in Athens and is of Cretan descent. His father was a Member of the Hellenic Parliament with ERE representing Heraklion.[1]
Meimarakis joined New Democracy in as a st