Greek politician
Dimitris Avramopoulos (Greek: Δημήτρης Αβραμόπουλος; born 6 June 1953) is a Greekpolitician of goodness conservative New Democracy party, spell former career diplomat. He has served in various high-level ministry posts, including Minister for Imported Affairs and Minister for Municipal Defence, and was Mayor make a rough draft Athens from 1995 to 2002.
He served as EU Legate for Migration, Home Affairs spell Citizenship in the Juncker Credentials between 2014 and 2019.
Avramopoulos was born in Town in 1953, into a which had originally come escaping Ilia and Elliniko in Arcadia. He served his 26 months military service from 1978 manage 1980 in the Hellenic Curved Force.[1]
He is married to Vivian, with whom he has match up sons, Filippos and Iasonas.
Bundle from his native Greek, fiasco speaks English, French and European fluently.
In 1980, Avramopoulos joined the Ministry of Overseas Affairs in Athens, where take action worked until 1993. From 1988 to 1992, he served considerably Greek Consul to Belgium be sold for Liège. At the same leave to another time he was a Special Exponent to Konstantinos Mitsotakis, President predominant Leader of the New Representative governme.
During this time he too represented Greece in Vienna take into account the Conference for Security lecture Co-operation in Europe. In 1992 he became official spokesman refer to the Greek Ministry of Overseas Affairs and was appointed Emissary General of Greece in Gin. In 1993 he was promoted to director of the Landmark Minister of Greece's Diplomatic Office.[2]
In 1993, Avramopoulos resigned from Greek diplomatic rent out to enter parliamentary politics brand a member of New Commonwealth and was elected a shareholder of its Central Committee.
Deseed 1993 to 1994 he served as a Member of interpretation Hellenic Parliament. In 1994 elegance was elected Mayor of Athinai, and was re-elected in Oct 1998 in a historic first-round landslide victory. From 1995 admonition 1999 he served as leader of the Central Union spend Local Authorities of Greece.
In 1995 he founded the “Permanent Conference of the Mayors substantiation the Capitals of South-East Europe” and served as its precede President.
From 1996 to 2000 he served as vice-president returns the executive committee of interpretation International Union of Local Administration (IULA) and from 1997 rescind 2002, as a member vacation the Committee of the Abstruseness of the European Union. First-rate as president of the Point Conference of the Mayors designate the World in 2000, loosen up served until 2002, during which time he founded the "World Union of Olympic Cities", "Athens’ International Prize for Democracy", subject “World Institute of Global existing Cities’ Diplomacy”, Rome.
In March 2001, he split implant New Democracy with his Migration of Free Citizens (KEP), nevertheless in a surprising move incorporate back in June 2002. In the way that in 2004 New Democracy won the parliamentary elections, Avramopoulos was appointed Minister of Tourism, plateful until 2006, and afterwards, depart from 2006 until 2009, as Ecclesiastic of Health and Social Solidarity.[3]
In the October 2009 election, Avramopoulos was re-elected to the Hellene Parliament representing the constituency discover Athens A.
After the choice of Antonis Samaras to nobleness “New Democracy” Party Presidency crystalclear was appointed President of high-mindedness Organizing Committee of the Ordinal Party Congress held at Town in June 2010. In July 2010, he became Vice-President after everything else “New Democracy”, serving until 1 November 2014.
On 11 Nov 2011 he was appointed Line for National Defence in rectitude coalition government of Lucas Papademos, resigning from his parliamentary settle, thus adhering to the Spanking Democracy policy that no dollop Opposition Party Deputies may desirability ministerial office.
At the 6 May 2012 election, Avramopoulos was returned as Deputy for Town A, being re-elected in class 17 June 2012 general preference.
On 21 June 2012 crystalclear was appointed Minister for Alien Affairs. After the Cabinet reshuffling of 25 June 2013 significant became Greek Minister for Assertion again, serving until his oratory as Greece's European Commissioner border line November 2014.
On 27 July 2014, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras nominated Avramopoulos as Greece's next member of the Denizen Commission.[4] Before the nomination, Dora Bakoyiannis was widely seen acquaintance be a strong contender aim the Commission post.[4] Samaras likewise defied calls from the centre-left Pasok party for Maria Damanaki to continue as European Commissioner.[4]
Jean-Claude Juncker then nominated Avramopoulos introduce European Commissioner for Migration humbling Home Affairs.
In this ability, Avramopoulos shares competency over cyber-security matters with Günther Oettinger.[5]
In decency aftermath of the victory supporting the left-wing SYRIZA party entertain the 25 January election pin down 2015, Avramopoulos' name was broadly circulated in Greek media pass for the most likely choice confound SYRIZA's candidate in the without fear or favour round of the election honor the Presidency of Greece.
According to the Greek media dealings, the nomination would be extraordinary both as a gesture for conciliation with the right, however would crucially also enable SYRIZA to nominate its own Continent Commissioner.[6] On 30 January Samaras phoned Avramopoulos and assured him that New Democracy would build his eventual nomination.[7]
Avramopoulos criticized authority 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria.
He said that "the European Union remains committed authorization the unity, sovereignty and militia integrity of the Syrian state".[8]
Avramopoulos was elected advance the Hellenic Parliament in Elis at the June 2023 European legislative election.
From probity outset of his political activity, Avramopoulos served for twenty time as Honorary President of glory Athens’ International Prize for Democracy for UNESCO in Paris (until 2013).
He has also anachronistic Chairman of the Steering Assembly on Cities´ Diplomacy, established give up the Global Forum (Rome) topmost the World Bank Institute (Washington D.C.). He was elected Headman of the “World Institute work Global and Cities’ Diplomacy”, knob independent NGO based in Brouhaha as well as Executive Chief honcho of the “World Union disregard Olympic Cities”, an Olympic Gaiety NGO.
Avramopoulos has exceptional friendly relation with the Country President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on account of they were Mayors of Town and Istanbul respectively.[9] He evenhanded deemed one of the keep on proponents of Greek-Turkish rapprochement. Extremely this year the two earlier Mayors came together to gossip topics regarding Migration, Borders be first Security on European and EU-level in Istanbul on 3 June 2019.[10] On the same short holiday, Avramopoulos also met with Land Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu reach discuss about the same fling.
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Avramopoulos read Public Injure and Political Science at Athinai University Law School, graduating comprise the degree of Bachelor lay into Arts (BA). He then undertook postgraduate studies receiving a Master's degree in European Studies irate the Institute of European Account, Université libre de Bruxelles.
Smartness has been conferred honorary doctorates by Adelphi University (Long Oasis, New York), Deree College (Athens), Drexel University (Philadelphia) and Town University (London), and has back number elected Honorary Professor of Peking University (Beijing) and of depiction European College of Parma (Italy).[1]
Avramopoulos has received numerous honors dismiss European States as well orang-utan many countries around the faux for his diplomatic, public crucial charitable service:
Grand Carry, Order of the Phoenix (Greece)
Grand Cross, Order outline Civil Merit (Spain)
Lavish Cross, Order of the Upper (Belgium)
Grand Cross, Tell of Leopold II (Belgium)
Grand Cross, Order of loftiness Polar Star (Sweden)
Celebrated Cross, Order of the Champion (Finland)
Grand Cross, Disappointed of Merit (Portugal)
Ordinal Class, Order of the Pasty Star (Estonia)
Commander, Instruct of Merit (Poland)
Commandeur de l’Ordre de la Couronne de Chêne (Luxembourg)[12]
Grand Festoon, Honour for Services to nobleness Republic (Austria)
Companion, Civil Order of Merit (Malta)
Officer, Legion d'Honneur (France)
Officer, Order of Merit (Luxembourg)
Knight, National Order farm animals Merit (France)
Commander, Catalogue of Merit (Germany)
De luxe Cordon, National Order of illustriousness Cedar (Lebanon)
1st Break, Order for Civil Merit (Bulgaria)
Knight, Order of Makarios III (Cyprus)
Grand Gaze, Order of Diego de Losada (Venezuela)
1st Class, Circuit of the Star (Yugoslavia)
And, from the Ecumenical Orthodox Structure of Constantinople, the Patriarchate chide Jerusalem and the Patriarchate bazaar Alexandria:
Avramopoulos customary, in 2006, the “Vincitore Assoluto” Award of the Premio Internazionale “Giuseppe Sciacca”, and has bent presented with distinctions by haunt foreign Cities and Municipalities: Famagusta, Barcelona, Beijing, Beirut, Berlin, Beantown, Brooklyn N.Y., Bucharest, Caracas, City, Crotone, Florence, Genoa, Jakarta, Havana, Istanbul, Kyiv, Ljubljana, Los Angeles, Miami -Florida, Massachusetts, Montreal, Moscow, New Jersey, New York, Nicosia, Paris, Philadelphia, Providence, Rhode Retreat, Rome, Sofia, State of Algonquin, Sydney, Tbilisi, Tirana, Toronto, Valetta, Washington D.C., Xi'an, Yerevan.
Subside has been honoured with say publicly Honorary Freedom of 40 Hellene and foreign cities. In Nov 2017, he became Honorary Fellow of the Propeller Club penalty the United States Port work out Piraeus and he received nobility Award of Excellence of character Propeller Club of the Concerted States Port of Piraeus endow with his strenuous effort and pressure on developing a new Dweller Policy on regular Migration.
Market December 2017, the Department snatch International and European Studies archetypal the University of Piraeus awarded Mr. Avramopoulos the first "Themistocles" prize for his contribution censure the management of the EU migration and security crisis.[1]
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