Vangelis Meimarakis | |
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| Βαγγέλης Μεϊμαράκης | |
 Meimarakis in 2024 | |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 5 July 2015 – 24 November 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Antonis Samaras |
| Succeeded by | Ioannis Plakiotakis |
| President of New Democracy | |
| In office 5 July 2015 – 24 November 2015 | |
| Deputy | Stavros Dimas Dimitris Avramopoulos |
| Preceded by | Antonis Samaras |
| Succeeded by | Ioannis Plakiotakis |
| Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament | |
| In office 29 June 2012 – 6 February 2015 | |
| President | Karolos Papoulias |
| Preceded by | Vyron Polydoras |
| Succeeded by | Zoi Konstantopoulou |
| Minister for National Defence | |
| In office 15 February 2006 – 7 October 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Kostas Karamanlis |
| Preceded by | Spilios Spiliotopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Evangelos Venizelos |
| Member of the Hellenic Parliament | |
| In office 18 June 1989 – 25 April 2019 | |
| Constituency | Athens B |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
| Constituency | Greece |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 December 1953 Athens, Greece |
| Political party | New Democracy |
| Spouse | Ioanna Kolokota |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Athens Panteion University |
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Evangelos-Vasileios "Vangelis" Meimarakis (Greek: Ευάγγελος-Βασίλειος "Βαγγέλης" Μεϊμαράκης, pronounced [eˈvaɲɟelos vaˈsili.os vaɲˈɟelis mei̯maˈracis]; born 14 December 1953) is a Greek politician who served as the acting President of New Democracy and Leader of the Opposition in Greece from 5 July to 24 November 2015, competing as the challenger to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the September 2015 Greek legislative election. He lost in the run-off of the New Democracy leadership election, 2015–16. Since 2019, he has been a Member of the European Parliament.
Meimarakis previously served as the Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament from 2012 to 2014 and as Minister for National Defence from 2006 to 2009. He was a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens B from 1989 until 2019.