Vyron Polydoras
Vyron Polydoras (
He is a member of the
He has also written more than 34 books of political, sociological and innovating content. He has been rewarded in 1998 by the Greek Association of Literature Interpreters for his work on The Eve of St. Agnes by John Keats. He received the highest praise from the Academy of Athens[citation needed] in 2002 for his book The Greater Athens (Greek: Η Μείζων Αθήνα). His latest new book For a New Ideology (2008) has met quite a success by the time of his release.[citation needed]
Polydoras was not included in the
In 2012 his party appointed him a member of the Special Permanent Committee on Institutions and Transparency. When soon August 2012 reports surfaced that Polydoras, who held the position of speaker of the parliament for just a single day, hired his daughter, Margarita, and made her a permanent employee in his office.[3] This incident sparked uproar and anger among the general population.[4] Following the incident, he was expelled from his party's parliamentary faction, but refused to give up his seat on the Institutions and Transparency committee.
In 2014, he founded the party Union for the Homeland and the People in order to take part in 2014 European Parliament Elections.[5]
References
- ^ a b "New faces and trusted aides are unveiled in Karamanlis’s Cabinet", ANA (ekathimerini.com), September 19, 2007.
- ^ "New Greek government announced", ANA (hri.org), September 18, 2007.
- ^ "Former speaker embroiled in nepotism scandal"
- ^ "Uproar over Greek politician's move to hire daughter"
- ^ "New Greek party to be called Union for the Homeland and the People". ekathimerini.com. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
External links
- Hellenic Parliament Website
- Personal website (In Greek)
- http://polydoras.freeservers.com/ (In Greek)
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