Nikos Voutsis

Nikos Voutsis
Νίκος Βούτσης
Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
Assumed office
4 October 2015
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
Preceded by Zoi Konstantopoulou
Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction
In office
27 January 2015  28 August 2015
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
Preceded by Argyris Dinopoulos
Succeeded by Antonis Manitakis
Personal details
Born (1951-03-04) 4 March 1951
Athens, Greece
Political party Syriza
Alma mater National Technical University of Athens

Nikos Voutsis (Greek: Νίκος Βούτσης; born 4 March 1951) is a Greek politician who served as the Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction from January 2015 to August 2015 in the First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras.[1] Since 4 October 2015 he is the Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament.[2]

Early life and education

Voutsis was born in Athens. He graduated from the University of Athens and the National Technical University of Athens with a degree in civil engineering.

Political career

Voutsis served as a regional councillor in Attica with the group "Attiki Cooperation –No to the Memorandum" from 2010 to 2012.

Voutsis was first elected as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament representing Athens A in the May 2012 legislative election, and was reelected in June 2012 and January 2015.

Re-elected in the September 2015 elections, on 4 October 2015 he was elected as the new Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament with 181 votes.[2]

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Political offices
Preceded by
Argyris Dinopoulos
Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction
26 January – 28 August 2015
Succeeded by
Antonis Manitakis
Preceded by
Zoi Konstantopoulou
Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
since 4 October 2015
Incumbent
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