Adonis Georgiadis

Adonis Georgiadis
Άδωνις Γεωργιάδης
Georgiadis in 2024
Minister for Health
Assumed office
4 January 2024
Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded byMichalis Chrisochoidis
In office
25 June 2013 – 10 June 2014
Prime MinisterAntonis Samaras
Preceded byAndreas Lykourentzos [el]
Succeeded byMakis Voridis
Minister for Labour and Social Security
In office
27 June 2023 – 4 January 2024
Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded byPatrina Paparrigopoulou (caretaker)
Succeeded byDomna Michailidou
Minister for Development and Investment
In office
9 July 2019 – 26 May 2023
Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded byYannis Dragasakis (Economy and Development)
Succeeded byEleni Louri-Dendrinou (caretaker)
Deputy Minister for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping
In office
11 November 2011 – 11 February 2012
Prime MinisterLucas Papademos
Vice President of New Democracy
Assumed office
18 January 2016
Serving with Kostis Hatzidakis
PresidentKyriakos Mitsotakis
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
Assumed office
7 July 2019
ConstituencyAthens B1
In office
6 May 2012 – 12 June 2019
In office
16 September 2007 – 17 February 2012
ConstituencyAthens B
Personal details
Born (1972-11-06) 6 November 1972 (age 52)
Athens, Greece
Political partyNew Democracy (2012–present)
Popular Orthodox Rally (2003–2012)
SpouseEugenia Manolidou
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Athens (BA)

Spyridon-Adonis Georgiadis (Greek: Σπυρίδων-Άδωνις Γεωργιάδης; born 6 November 1972), commonly known as Adonis Georgiadis, is a Greek politician, author, publisher and former telemarketer. Often described as being on the far right of the political spectrum,[1][2][3][4][5] he currently serves as Vice President of New Democracy and Minister for Health in the Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

He previously served in the same cabinet as Minister for Labour and Social Security (2023–2024), Minister for Development and Investment in the First Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis (2019–2023), Minister for Health in the Cabinet of Antonis Samaras (2013–2014) and Deputy Minister for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping in the Cabinet of Lucas Papademos (2011–2012).

  1. ^ Boukala, Salomi (2021-12-09). "Far-right discourse as legitimacy? Analysing political rhetoric on the "migration issue" in Greece". Studies in Communication Sciences. 21 (2): 329–341–329–341. doi:10.24434/j.scoms.2021.02.014. ISSN 2296-4150.
  2. ^ Aslanidis, Paris (2022). "Η Άκρα Δεξιά στην Ελλάδα, 1965–2018 [The Far Right in Greece, 1965–2018]. by Vassiliki Georgiadou (review)". Journal of Modern Greek Studies. 40 (1): 223–227. doi:10.1353/mgs.2022.0018. ISSN 1086-3265. S2CID 248500002.
  3. ^ Boukala, Salomi (2021-06-08). "'We need to talk about the hegemony of the left': The normalisation of extreme right discourse in Greece". Journal of Language and Politics. 20 (3): 361–382. doi:10.1075/jlp.19053.bou. ISSN 1569-2159. S2CID 233973202.
  4. ^ Mylonas, Yiannis (2021-01-20). "Crisis, Authoritarian Neoliberalism, and the Return of "New Democracy" to power in Greece". Stasis. 10 (2): 181–208. doi:10.33280/2310-3817-21-10-2-181-208.
  5. ^ Georgalidou, Marianthi; Frantzi, Katerina T.; Giakoumakis, Giorgos (2020-10-01). "Aggression in media-sharing websites in the context of Greek political/parliamentary discourse in the years of the economic crisis". Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict. 8 (2): 321–350. doi:10.1075/jlac.00039.geo. ISSN 2213-1272. S2CID 224893656.