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Ioannis Ioshf Plakiotakis

Member of Parliament Lasithi

Personal Info

Place and Date οf Birth:

Born in Athens, Greece on 10/7/1968.

Marital Status:

Married to Aphrodite Doritis.

Profession:

Biochemical Engineer – Entrepreneur.

Studies:

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration, City University Business School
• Master’s Degree in Biochemical Engineering, University of London
• Bachelor in Biochemical Engineering, University of Wales
• Graduated from Sitia General High School

Foreign Languages:

English, French.

Parliamentary Activities

Elected for the first time as an MP with New Democracy for the constituency of Lasithi in 2004 and has been a member of the Hellenic Parliament since. From September 2007 and up to the October 2009 elections, held the position of Deputy Minister of National Defence, in charge of the Armed Forces infrastructure projects, meteorology and military sports. In June 2014, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Labour, Social Security and Welfare in charge of managing the European Social Fund and the EU employment programmes. He held this post until the January 2015 elections. In July 2019 he assumed the duties of Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, and has been the longest-serving Minister of Maritime Affairs since the restoration of Democracy. In July 2023 he was elected 1st Vice-President of the Hellenic Parliament with an increased majority of 269 votes.

He has served on the Hellenic Parliament’s Standing Committee on National Defence and Foreign Affairs and the Standing Committee on Production and Trade, the Standing Committee on Social Affairs and the Special Permanent Committee on Equality, Youth and Human Rights.

Political/Social Activities

In the municipal elections of 1998, he was elected municipal councilor for the municipality of Sitia, where he served until 2002. Around the same time, in January 2001, he was appointed member of the New Democracy Committee for Tourism. In 2009, he was appointed Head of New Democracy for Merchant Marine and Insular Policy. In the 2010 regional elections, he was the leading candidate for New Democracy in Crete.

From 2012 to 2014, he was a member of the Greek delegation to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

He was a member in the Greek delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

From December 2016, upon recommendation by New Democracy Leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, he participated as a member in the Evaluation Committee for the party’s electoral candidates and, at the same time, was appointed Head of New Democracy for Maritime Affairs and Insular policy.

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