Prokopis Pavlopoulos
Prokopis Pavlopoulos | |
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Προκόπης Παυλόπουλος | |
President of Greece | |
In office 13 March 2015 – 13 March 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou Alexis Tsipras Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
Preceded by | Karolos Papoulias |
Succeeded by | Katerina Sakellaropoulou |
Minister for the Interior | |
In office 10 March 2004 – 6 October 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Kostas Karamanlis |
Preceded by | Nikos Alivizatos |
Succeeded by | Giannis Ragousis |
Member of the Hellenic Parliament | |
In office 22 September 1996 – 31 December 2014 | |
Constituency | Athens A |
Personal details | |
Born | Panthéon-Assas University | 10 July 1950
Signature | |
Prokopios Pavlopoulos (Greek: Προκόπιος Παυλόπουλος, pronounced [proˈkopios pavˈlopulos]; born 10 July 1950), commonly shortened to Prokopis (Προκόπης), is a Greek retired politician, who served as the president of Greece from 2015 to 2020. A member of New Democracy, he previously was Minister of the Interior from 2004 to 2009. He was succeeded by Katerina Sakellaropoulou on 13 March 2020, who became the first woman to serve as President of Greece.
Academic career
Prokopis Pavlopoulos was born in
In 1975, on a government scholarship, he received his
Political career
Early political career
Pavlopoulos was secretary to the first President of the metapolitefsi, Michail Stasinopoulos, in 1974.[1][4] From November 1989 to April 1990, he served as alternate Minister for the Presidency and government spokesman in the ecumenical government headed by Xenophon Zolotas.[2][4] He served as head of the legal office to President Konstantinos Karamanlis from 1990 to 1995, and political advisor to Miltiadis Evert, then chairman of New Democracy, from September 1995.[1][4] He was elected as a Member of Parliament for the New Democracy party in the 1996 parliamentary election; in the 2000 parliamentary election, he was elected as an MP for the Athens A constituency. He was appointed as New Democracy's Press and Information Spokesman by Evert on 20 April 1996; he subsequently became its Parliamentary Spokesman on 14 April 2000.[1][4] Pavlopoulos was successively re-elected for Athens A in the 2000, 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2012 elections.[2]
Minister of the Interior
Following the March 2004 legislative election, which was won by New Democracy, Pavlopoulos became Minister of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation in the new government of the Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis on 10 March 2004.[4][5] In the government appointed following New Democracy's victory in the September 2007 parliamentary election, the Interior Ministry was merged with the Ministry of Public Order; Pavlopoulous became Minister of the Interior and Public Order.[6]
He is a member of the Central Committee of New Democracy, and on 29 July 2004 he was designated as a member of the party's Political Council as one of seven MP candidates; no vote was necessary because there were only seven MP seats available on the Council.[7]
President of Greece
On 17 February, Prime Minister
Personal life
Pavlopoulos is married to Vlassia Pavlopoulou-Peltsemi and together they have two daughters, Maria and Zoe, and one son, Vasilis.[2][10]
David Davis, the son of
Honours
- Cyprus: Grand Collar of the Order of Makarios III – 30 March 2015
- France: Grand Cross of the Order of the Legion of Honour – 22 October 2015
- Italy: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic – 23 November 2015[11]
- Portugal: Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry – 27 January 2017[12]
- Poland: Knight of the Order of the White Eagle – 18 November 2017
- Serbia: Grand Cross of the Order of the Republic of Serbia – 15 February 2021[13]
References
- ^ a b c d e Biography on Greek Parliament website Archived 2005-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e f g Ποιος είναι ο Προκόπης Παυλόπουλος, ο υποψήφιος Πρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας (in Greek). in.gr. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ Oberlé, Thierry (11 December 2008). "Pavlopoulos, un ministre de l'Intérieur dans la tourmente". Le Figaro (in French).
- ^ a b c d e CV at the website of the Greek embassy in France Archived 2007-10-22 at the Wayback Machine (in French).
- ^ "New interior minister says 'state to be re-established with spirit of unity'", Athens News Agency (hri.org), March 11, 2004.
- ^ "New faces and trusted aides are unveiled in Karamanlis’s Cabinet", ANA (ekathimerini.com), September 19, 2007.
- ^ "New Democracy elects party secretary, Political Council; PM addresses Central Committee", Athens News Agency, July 30, 2004.
- ^ Τον Προκόπη Παυλόπουλο πρότεινε η κυβέρνηση για Πρόεδρο (in Greek). in.gr. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ Πρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας με 233 ψήφους ο Προκόπης Παυλόπουλος (in Greek). in.gr. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ Zikakou, Ioanna (February 18, 2015). "Prokopis Pavlopoulos: Who Is the New President of the Hellenic Republic?". Greekreporter.com. Greek Reporter. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ^ "Il Presidente Sergio Mattarella accoglie al Quirinale il Presidente della Repubblica Ellenica, Prokopios Pavlopoulos".
- ^ "CIDADÃOS ESTRANGEIROS AGRACIADOS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS - Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas". www.ordens.presidencia.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-03-07.
- ^ "Председник Вучић уручио одликовања поводом Дана државности Републике Србије". Председник Републике Србије. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
External links
- Media related to Prokopis Pavlopoulos at Wikimedia Commons
- Terms of office of Prokopis Pavlopoulos at the Hellenic Parliament (in English)