Panos Panagiotopoulos

Panos Panagiotopoulos
Πάνος Παναγιωτόπουλος
Minister for Culture and Sport
In office
25 June 2013 – 10 June 2014
Prime MinisterAntonis Samaras
Preceded byKonstantinos Arvanitopoulos (Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sport)
Succeeded byKonstantinos Tasoulas
Minister for National Defence
In office
21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013
Prime MinisterAntonis Samaras
Preceded byFrangoulis Frangos
Succeeded byDimitris Avramopoulos
Minister for Employment and Social Protection
In office
10 March 2004 – 15 February 2006
Prime MinisterKostas Karamanlis
Preceded byDimitris Reppas
Succeeded bySavvas Tsitouridis
Personal details
Born (1957-12-11) 11 December 1957 (age 66)
Athens, Greece
Political partyNew Democracy
SpouseMaouzi Tsaldari
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Athens
Paris 8 University

Panos Panagiotopoulos (Greek: Πάνος Παναγιωτόπουλος; born 11 December 1957) is a Greek politician of the New Democracy party.

Panagiotopoulos was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 to 2009. He was the spokesman for the Hellenic Government (2007) as well as for New Democracy party (November 2009 – January 2011). He also served as the Minister of Employment and Social Protection in Kostas Karamanlis's 2004 cabinet. He has served as Minister for Culture and Sport from June 2013 to June 2014 and as Minister for Defence from June 2012 to June 2013.