Vangelis Meimarakis
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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 and lawyer 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.
Vangelis Meimarakis | |
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Βαγγέλης Μεϊμαράκης | |
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 | (1953-12-14) 14 December 1953 (age 70) Athens, Greece |
Political party | New Democracy |
Spouse | Ioanna Kolokota |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Athens Panteion University |
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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.