Prokopis Pavlopoulos

Prokopis Pavlopoulos
Προκόπης Παυλόπουλος
Pavlopoulos in 2016
7th President of Greece
In office
13 March 2015 – 13 March 2020
Prime MinisterAlexis Tsipras
Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou
Alexis Tsipras
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded byKarolos Papoulias
Succeeded byKaterina Sakellaropoulou
Minister for the Interior
In office
10 March 2004 – 6 October 2009
Prime MinisterKostas Karamanlis
Preceded byNikos Alivizatos
Succeeded byGiannis Ragousis
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
In office
22 September 1996 – 31 December 2014
ConstituencyAthens A
Personal details
Born (1950-07-10) 10 July 1950 (age 74)
Kalamata, Kingdom of Greece
Political partyNew Democracy
SpouseVlassia Peltsemi
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Athens
Panthéon-Assas University
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Prokopios "Prokopis" Pavlopoulos (Greek: Προκόπιος "Προκόπης" Παυλόπουλος, pronounced [proˈkopis pavˈlopulos]; born 10 July 1950) is a Greek retired politician, who served as the president of Greece from 2015 to 2020. A member of New Democracy, he previously was Minister of the Interior from 2004 to 2009. He was succeeded by Katerina Sakellaropoulou on 13 March 2020, who became the first woman to serve as President of Greece.