Evangelos Venizelos

Evangelos Venizelos
Ευάγγελος Βενιζέλος
Venizelos in 2014
Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
In office
17 June 2011 – 27 January 2015
Prime MinisterGeorge Papandreou
Lucas Papademos
Antonis Samaras
Preceded byTheodoros Pangalos
Succeeded byYannis Dragasakis
President of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement
In office
18 March 2012 – 14 June 2015
Preceded byGeorge Papandreou
Succeeded byFofi Gennimata
Ministerial offices
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
25 June 2013 – 27 January 2015
Prime MinisterAntonis Samaras
Preceded byDimitris Avramopoulos
Succeeded byNikos Kotzias
Minister of Finance
In office
17 June 2011 – 21 March 2012
Prime MinisterGeorge Papandreou
Lucas Papademos
Preceded byGiorgos Papakonstantinou
Succeeded byPhilippos Sachinidis
Minister of National Defence
In office
7 October 2009 – 17 June 2011
Prime MinisterGeorge Papandreou
Preceded byVangelis Meimarakis
Succeeded byPanagiotis Beglitis
Minister of Culture and Sport
In office
21 November 2000 – 10 March 2004
Prime MinisterCostas Simitis
Preceded byTheodoros Pangalos
Succeeded byKostas Karamanlis
In office
26 September 1996 – 19 February 1999
Prime MinisterCostas Simitis
Preceded byStavros Benos
Succeeded byElisavet Papazoi
Minister of Development
In office
19 February 1999 – 13 April 2000
Prime MinisterCostas Simitis
Preceded byVasso Papandreou
Succeeded byNikos Christodoulakis
Minister of Justice
In office
22 January 1996 – 30 August 1996
Prime MinisterCostas Simitis
Preceded byIoannis Pottakis
Succeeded byAnargyros Fatouros
Minister of Transport and Communications
In office
15 September 1995 – 22 January 1996
Prime MinisterAndreas Papandreou
Preceded byAthanasios Tsouras
Succeeded byHaris Kastanidis
Minister of the Press and the Media
In office
8 July 1994 – 15 September 1995
Prime MinisterAndreas Papandreou
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byTilemachos Chitiris
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
In office
10 October 1993 – 11 June 2019
ConstituencyThessaloniki A
Personal details
Born (1957-01-01) 1 January 1957 (age 67)
Thessaloniki, Greece
Political partyPASOK – Movement for Change
SpouseVasiliki Bakatselou
Children1
Alma materAristotle University of Thessaloniki
Panthéon-Assas University
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Lawyer
  • Professor
WebsiteOfficial website

Evangelos Venizelos (Greek: Ευάγγελος Βενιζέλος, pronounced [eˈvaɲɟeloz veniˈzelos]; born 1 January 1957) is a Greek academic and retired politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Greece from 2011 to 2015, as well as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 25 June 2013[1] to 27 January 2015 and Minister for Finance of Greece from 17 June 2011 to 21 March 2012.[2] He was a member of the Hellenic Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) for the first electoral district of Thessaloniki. He is a Professor of Constitutional Law at the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.[3]

On 18 March 2012, Venizelos was elected unopposed to replace George Papandreou as PASOK president and led the party in the May 2012 general election as well as the June 2012 general election.[4]

  1. ^ New government is ushered in
  2. ^ Ανακοινώθηκε το νέο υπουργικό σχήμα. ANA-MPA (in Greek). ana-mpa.gr. 17 June 2011. Archived from the original on 20 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  3. ^ Featherstone, Kevin (31 October 2013). Politics and Policy in Greece: The Challenge of 'Modernisation'. Routledge. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-317-98350-7. Mr Evangelos Venizelos – a former constitutional law professor
  4. ^ "Greek socialists vote for finance minister as new leader". Kathimerini. Athens. 18 March 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.