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Encyclopedia > Evangelos Venizelos

Evangelos Venizelos (Greek: Ευάγγελος Βενιζέλος) (born January 1, 1957) is a former Greek Minister for Culture. He is a member of the Greek Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement for the Thessaloniki A constituency. In private life, he was a lawyer, professor and constitutional scholar. is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... The Hellenic Republic Ministry of Culture (official name) or Greek Ministry of Culture (Greek Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού, located in Athens, Greece, was founded in September 1971. ... The Hellenic Parliament (Greek: Βουλή των Ελλήνων; transliterated Vouli ton Ellinon; literally Council of the Greeks) is the parliament of Greece, located in Syntagma Square in Athens. ... The Panhellenic Socialist Movement, better known as PASOK (Greek: Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima, ΠΑΣΟΚ), is a Greek social democratic political party. ...

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Early life

Born in Thessaloniki on 01-01-1957. Married to Lila A. Bakatselou and has a daughter. Profession: Professor of Constitutional Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Studies: Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; postgraduate studies, University of Paris II. Foreign Languages: French, English. Address: Offices: Danaidon 4, 5426, Thessaloniki, tel: 2310/548600, Voucourestiou 34, 10671, Athens, tel: 3638613-4 Home: Eleones Pileas, Thessaloniki, 55500. Parliamentary activities


Elected MP (PASOK) for Thessaloniki A in the general elections of 1993, 1996 and 2000. Member of the Parliamentary Committee for the Revision of the Constitution, on which he was spokesman for the majority party in the parliaments elected in 1993, 1996 and 2000. Member of the Standing Committees on National Defence and Foreign Affairs, on Public Administration, Public Order and Justice and on European Affairs. Social activities


Minister for Culture since 21-11-2000 to 10-03-2004. Minister for Development, 19-01-1999 to 13-04-2000; Minister for Culture, 25-09-1996 to 19-02-1999; Minister for Justice, 22-01-1996 to 05-09-1996; Minister for Transport and Communication, 15-09-1995 to 22-01-1996; Minister for the Press and the Media, and government spokesman, 08-07-1994 to 15-09-1995; Deputy Minister to the Presidency, and government spokesman, 13-10-1993 to 08-07-1994. Received his Ph.D. in Law in 1980 from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The same institution appointed him lecturer (1984), and then Professor of Constitutional Law. Former board member of the National Centre of Public Administration (1987), and the National Bank of Greece, and also served on the Committee for Local Radio. Served on the Central Council of the Union of students of the University of Thessaloniki (FEAPT) in 1977, and the National Union of students (EFEE) in 1975. Member of the PASOK Central Committee since 1990. Member of the PASOK Executive Bureau. Published many scholarly works (monographs, textbooks) and books dealing with key current political issues and the media, institutions, foreign policy, culture and developmental policy. Papers and articles of his have been published in scholarly journals and the press.


Studies

Fluent in English and French, Venizelos holds a BA (1978) from the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and a PhD (1980) from the Pantheon-Assas Paris II University. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... A bachelors degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course that generally lasts three or four years. ... // A law school is an institution where future lawyers obtain legal degrees. ... The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (often referred to in English as Aristotelian University), named after the philosopher Aristotle, is the largest university of Greece. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas The Pantheon-Assas Paris II University (Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II), also known as Paris deux or Assas after the rue dAssas where it is headquartered, is one of the 13 universities descended from the University of Paris. ...

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Minister for the Press and the Media
1994–1995
Succeeded by
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Minister for Transport and Communications
1995–1996
Succeeded by
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Minister for Justice
1996
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Stavros Benos
Minister for Culture
1996–1999
Succeeded by
Elisavet Papazoi
Preceded by
Vasso Papandreou
Minister for Development
1999–2000
Succeeded by
Nikos Christodoulakis
Preceded by
Theodoros Pangalos
Minister for Culture
2000–2004
Succeeded by
Kostas Karamanlis

The Minister for the Press and the Media of Greece was the government minister responsible for the running of the Ministry of the Press and the Media. ... The Minister for Transport and Communications of Greece is the government minister responsible for the running of the Ministry of Transport and Communications. ... The Minister for Justice of Greece is the government minister responsible for the running of the Ministry of Justice . ... The Hellenic Republic Ministry of Culture (official name) or Greek Ministry of Culture (Greek Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού, located in Athens, Greece, was founded in September 1971. ... The Minister for Development of Greece is the government minister responsible for the running of the Ministry of Development. ... Theodoros Pangalos (Greek Θεόδωρος Παγγάλος) was a Greek general who briefly ruled Greece from 1925-26. ... The Hellenic Republic Ministry of Culture (official name) or Greek Ministry of Culture (Greek Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού, located in Athens, Greece, was founded in September 1971. ... This article is about the Greek Prime Minister whose term began in 2004. ...

External links

  • Personal blog
  • Biography on Greek Parliament website

Notes

This page incorporates information from the Hellenic Parliament website


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Evangelos Venizelos: The rapprochement between our countries is, first and foremost, a political rapprochement, and is rooted in the sense that we must do all we can to protect peace and stability in our region.
Evangelos Venizelos: Our next joint objective, once Cyprus joins the EU, will be finding a political solution to the problem and uniting the island under new institutions, with the two communities living peacefully together.
Evangelos Venizelos: This Council of Europe conference on intercultural dialogue and cultural diversity has given me and my Turkish colleague, who took up his duties just a few weeks ago, after the general elections in Turkey, a splendid chance to meet and talk for the first time.
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