Dimitris Reppas

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Dimitris Reppas
Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks
In office
7 October 2009 – 17 June 2011
PresidentKarolos Papoulias
Prime MinisterGeorge Papandreou
Personal details
Born (1952-07-06) 6 July 1952 (age 71)
PASOK (until 2015)
Alma materNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens
ProfessionPolitician
Websitewww.dimitrisreppas.gr

Dimitris Reppas (

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks
and as the first Minister for Administrative Reform of Greece.

Life

Dimitris Reppas was born in 1952 in

Panhellenic Socialist Movement
since 1974.

In 1975, he was elected as president of the students union of the Dental School of the

Greek military junta of 1967–1974
. From 1976 until 1981, he was the Deputy Secretary of the PASOK youth wing.

He was elected as a member of the Hellenic Parliament for the first time in 1981, as a member of Parliament for the prefecture of Arcadia. In 1984, he was elected as a member of the PASOK Central Committee. In 1993, he was a member of the Presidency of PASOK's Parliamentary Group.

In January 1996, he was appointed as

Minister for Press and Public Transport
as well as the Government Spokesman, a post that he held until 2001.

In October 2001, he was elected as a member of the Executive Office of the PASOK Central Committee. On 24 October 2001, he was appointed as

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks
.

On 3 January 2015, it was announced that Reppas would join former

prime minister Papandreou in leaving PASOK to found the new Movement of Democratic Socialists.[1]

Dimitris Reppas is fluent in English.[citation needed] He is married with two children.

Publications

  • Face to Face with the Media

References

  1. ^ "Papandreou launches party, aims for post-election role". Kathimerini. 2015-01-03. Retrieved 2015-01-03.

External links

Political offices
Preceded by
Evripidis Stylianidis
(as Minister for Transport and Communications)
Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks

7 October 2009 – 17 June 2011
Succeeded by
New title Minister for Administrative Reform
17 June 2011 – 17 Mai 2012
Incumbent