Georgios Voulgarakis
Georgios Voulgarakis | |
|---|---|
| Γιώργος Βουλγαράκης | |
| Minister of Public Order | |
| In office 10 March 2004 – 14 February 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Kostas Karamanlis |
| Preceded by | Michalis Chrisochoidis |
| Succeeded by | Vyron Polydoras |
| Minister for Mercantile Marine and Island Policy | |
| In office 19 September 2007 – 13 September 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Kostas Karamanlis |
| Preceded by | office established |
| Succeeded by | Anastasios Papaligouras |
| Minister for Culture | |
| In office 15 February 2006 – 19 September 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Kostas Karamanlis |
| Succeeded by | Michalis Liapis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 June 1959 Heraklion, Kingdom of Greece |
| Political party | New Democracy |
| Spouse | Katerina Peleki |
| Children | Apostolos Pauline Dionysis Harris |
| Alma mater | University of Piraeus Athens University of Economics and Business |
Georgios Voulgarakis (
Minister for Mercantile Marine, Aegean Sea and Island Policy
.
Voulgarakis was born in
Costas Karamanlis from 10 March 2004,[2] at the difficult period of Athens Olympic Games 2004, until a cabinet reshuffle on 14 February 2006, when he was named Minister of Culture instead. This was considered a demotion in the wake of a phone-tapping scandal.[3][4]
A Greek prosecutor has backed claims by a group of Pakistani men that they were abducted by Greek and British intelligence agents in the wake of the
PASOK and Human Rights Groups called for the resignation of Voulgarakis from his cabinet position.[5]
On May 30, 2006, Voulgarakis survived a bombing. A
terrorist group, Revolutionary Struggle, placed over two pounds of explosives strapped to a bicycle near his residence, and then detonated the device by remote control. No injuries resulted from the explosion, but four parked cars and a school building were damaged.[citation needed
] It is unclear whether this was an attempted assassination.
Following New Democracy's victory in the
Vatopedi monastery in Mount Athos. After 2 years legal research, the Greek Parliament and particularly Voulgarakis’ political opponents (PASOK party) acquitted him to involvement to this case (November 2010).[9]
References
- ^ a b Biography on Greek Parliament website Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "New public order minister assumes his duties", Athens News Agency, (hri.org), March 11, 2004.
- ^ Kerin Hope, "New Greek foreign minister named", Financial Times, February 15, 2006.
- ^ "Athens mayor joins Greek cabinet", BBC News, February 14, 2006.
- ^ Paphitis, Nicholas (2011-05-02). "Greek minister urged to quit over 'abduction' of Pakistani immigrants". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
- ^ "New Greek government announced", ANA (hri.org), September 18, 2007.
- ^ "New faces and trusted aides are unveiled in Karamanlis’s Cabinet", ANA (ekathimerini.com), September 19, 2007.
- ^ "UPDATE 2-Piraeus Port names Cosco provisional tender winner". Reuters. 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
- ^ "Three ND ex-ministers indicted on Vatopedi". ekathimerini.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-10.
External links
This page incorporates information from the Hellenic Parliament website