Per Parliamentary Group

Nikolaos Ioanni Panagiotopoulos

Member of Parliament Kavala

Personal Info

Place and Date οf Birth:

Kavala, 18th August 1965.

Marital Status:

Married to Natasa Angelidou.

Profession:

Lawyer and Economist. Employed in the private sector as International Marketing Director at “Marmara Kavalas SA” (marble quarrying, manufacturing and exporting company in Kavala, Northern Greece) (1992- 1999). Practiced Criminal Law in Kavala (1999-2007).

Studies:

Studied Law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. Postgraduate studies in Economics and International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Attended courses at the Universite de Technologie de Compiegne in France, working on his dissertation on the Economics of the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU (summer 1988).

Foreign Languages:

English, French, Italian.

Parliamentary Activities

Elected Member of the Greek Parliament with New Democracy party, in the elections of 2007, 2009, 2012, January 2015, September 2015, July 2019, May 2023 and July 2023.
Minister of Migration & Asylum (June 2024-March 2025).
Minister of National Decence (2019-2023).
Deputy Minister of Labour, Social Security and Social Solidarity (2012-2013).
Member of the Parliamentary Committees of Production & Trade (2007-2009, June 2023 – June 2024, March 2025 - today), Greek Diaspora (2007-2012), National Defence & Foreign Affairs (2009-2012, 2013-2015, June 2023 – June 2024, March 2025 - today), Social Affairs (2015-2019), Justice, Public Order & Public Administration (2015-2019).
Head of the Greek delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (June 2023 – June 2024).
Chair of the Parliamentary Friendship Groups with Ukraine and Slovenia (June 2023 – June 2024).
Appointed “N.D.” Party Coordinator/Shadow Minister for Defense (2012), Social Affairs (2015- 2016) and Justice (2016-2019). Appointed “N.D.” member of the Special Parliamentary Committees investigating the affair of the Hellenic Navy submarines purchase (2011) and the “Novartis” pharmaceuticals investigation of the involvement of government officials (2018). Appointed “N.D.” member of the Parliamentary Committee for the Revision of the Constitution (2018).

Political/Social Activities

Elected acting secretary of the Industrial Association of Eastern Macedonia (1998-2000). An avid sportsman, represented Greece with the Junior National Water Polo Team in 1981-1982.

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