Georgios Souflias
Georgios Ath. Souflias (
Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works for the duration of the Karamanlis
administration.
Born in
Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs.[2] He was a candidate for the presidency of New Democracy in 1997,[1][2] but the presidency was won by Kostas Karamanlis.[1] On February 4, 1998, he was expelled from the party, along with two other members of parliament, for failing to vote along with the party in its opposition to a government policy.[3] He did not run in the 2000 parliamentary election. On the first day of the party's 5th Congress, March 30, 2001, Karamanlis publicly invited Souflias to return to the party, describing the decision to expel him as "painful" and saying that it was made at a "politically charged time". Souflias returned on the last day of the congress, April 1.[4]
Souflias subsequently became policy planning director of New Democracy while it was in opposition. He was injured, along with his wife, in a car crash on November 29, 2003, and two of his ribs were broken.[5] He was released from the hospital on December 24.[6]
He was elected in the 2004 parliamentary election as a deputy at large for New Democracy. Following this election he became Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works in the government of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis on March 10, 2004.[2]
In May 1993, he was nominated
emeritus professor of human studies of the Greek College of Boston, United States
. He is married to Marianna Koraka and he has two daughters, Olga and Ioanna.
References
- ^ a b c d Profile on Souflias at ana.mpa.gr.
- ^ a b c d Page on Souflias at website of the Greek embassy in France Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (in French).
- ^ "Three ND deputies expelled from party", Athens News Agency, February 4, 1998.
- ^ "Souflias' return gives buoyant note to close of ND congress", Athens News Agency (hri.org), April 2, 2001.
- ^ "ND postpones unveiling of Health platform after Souflias injury in car crash", Athens News Agency, November 30, 2003.
- ^ "Main opposition ND's Souflias out of hospital", Athens News Agency, December 27, 2003.
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