Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in as Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic on July 8th, 2019.
President of Nea Demokratia since January 2016, managed to modernize his party, renew and boost its membership base, create a system of funding based on small annual donations by the members and put in place a code of transparency and accountability in the operations of the party.
He led his party to a landslide victory three years later, campaigning on a platform for jobs, strong growth and lower taxes. Nea Demokratia was the first party to win an absolute majority in the Greek Parliament since 2009.
As Minister of Administrative Reform and e-Government from June 2013 until January 2015, he spearheaded comprehensive national reforms by implementing a functional reorganization of institutions, structures and processes.
A member of the Parliament since 2004, Kyriakos Mitsotakis has participated in the Committee for Constitutional Amendment, the Committee for Trade and the Committee for National Defense. He was also an active member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
As Chairman of the Environment Committee between 2007-2009, he passionately pursued issues pertaining to climate change and advocated for the need for environmentally sustainable growth. Since then, he was the shadow-minister for the environment and climate change for Nea Demokratia until 2012.
Before entering politics, he worked for ten years in the private sector as a financial analyst with Chase Investment Bank, a consultant with McKinsey and Company and finally as CEO of NBG Venture Capital at the National Bank of Greece.
He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Social Studies, summa cum laude, from Harvard University, and earned an MA in International Relations from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis is married to Mareva Grabowski and they have three children, Sofia, Constantinos and Dafni.
Since December 2019, Dubravka Šuica is Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Democracy and Demography.
Mrs Šuica a Croatian politician from the city of Dubrovnik, where she served for two terms as its first female mayor and was awarded the 2006 World Mayor Award.
Dubravka Šuica entered politics in the 1990s as a Member of the Croatian Democratic Union and served as a Member of the Croatian Parliament and Vice-Chair of the EU Integration Committee.
Between 2004 and 2009 she was a Board Member of the Union of the Association of Towns and Municipalities of the Republic of Croatia.
During ten years she was the Vice-President of Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.
From 2013 to 2019 Dubravka Šuica served as a Member of the European Parliament and Vice-Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee.
In June 2019, Šuica was elected as the first Vice-Chair of EPP Group in the European Parliament. Since 2012, she is the Vice-President of EPP Women.
Mr. Fokion Karavias holds the position of Chief Executive Officer at Eurobank S.A. and he is Member of the Board of Directors.
He has served at Eurobank as Senior General Manager, Head of Group Corporate and Investment Banking, Capital Markets & Wealth Management and member of the Executive Committee (2014 – 2015), General Manager and member of the Executive Committee (2005 – 2013), Deputy General Manager and Treasurer (2002 -2005).
He started his career in banking in 1991, at JP Morgan, in New York, in the market risk management division. In 1994, he joined Citibank, in Athens, responsible for derivatives and fixed income business in Greece. In 1997, he joined Eurobank, as head of fixed income and derivatives trading. In 2000, he became Treasurer at Telesis Investment Bank.
He is also Chief Executive Officer of Eurobank Ergasias Services & Holdings S.A. and Member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Bank Association.
He holds a Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, a Master’s and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. He has published several papers on topics concerning his academic research. He was born in Athens in 1964.
Sofia Zaharaki (Athens, 1976) is a Greek educator and politician. She is the Minister of Social Cohesion and Family in the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
She was born in Athens in 1976, originally from Neo Argyri, Evrytania. Her father was a secondary school theology teacher.
She studied English Literature at the Department of English Language and Literature of the Faculty of Philosophy of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and did postgraduate studies in Comparative Pedagogy and Administration of European Educational Organizations at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
She has specialized in the teaching of the English Language, at the Institute of Education of the University of London. In the past, she had worked in public and private IEK and in public and private schools. She worked for the Ministry of Education in the European Union department and in the Lifelong Learning and Youth Secretariat.
In 2015, she represented Greece in the IVLP (International Visitor Leadership Program), as a scholarship holder of the United States Department of State, on the topic of “the role of Public-Private Partnerships in Economic Reconstruction”.
She speaks English, French and Spanish.
She was an advisor to the minister on International and European Relations at the Ministry of Development from 2012 to 2014 .
In August 2016, she was appointed deputy spokesperson for New Democracy, while in March 2019, she was appointed spokesperson for New Democracy.
On July 9, 2019, she was appointed Deputy Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, responsible for primary and secondary education, in the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
On January 4, 2021, she was appointed Deputy Minister of Tourism in charge of Tourism Education and Special Forms of Tourism.
She was elected Member of Parliament for East Attica with New Democracy in the elections of May 2023.
On June 27, 2023, she was appointed Minister of Social Cohesion and Family.
Dr. Domna Michailidou, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, responsible for social welfare and social solidarity.
Dr. Domna Michailidou is an academic economist working on economic development and financial crises.
She has been Reform’s adviser to the Prime Minister on a series of issues related to structural reforms and financial markets. She worked for the OECD in Paris and Athens. Between 2010 and 2016 she taught several courses on Macroeconomics and Economic Development at the University of Cambridge and UCL’s School of Public Policy.
She holds an MPhil and a PhD on Financial and Development Economics from the University of Cambridge.
She held the position of Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs from 2019 to 2023.
Maria-Alexandra Kefala was born on July 30, 1985 in Ioannina, where she lives. She is married.
Physician by profession specializing in paediatrics. She is a graduate of the Medical School of the University of Ioannina and holds a master’s degree from the National School of Public Health “Health Promotion of Children and Adolescents”. She speaks English, French and German.
She was elected Member of Parliament for Ioannina with New Democracy for the first time in the elections of July 2019 and was re-elected in the elections of June 2023. She was Secretary of the Parliament during the period 2019-2023. From 2019 until 2022, she participated as a member of the “Special Standing Committee on Equality, Youth and Human Rights”, the “Sub-Committee on the Issues of Persons with Disabilities” and the “Sub-Committee on Combating Human Trafficking and Exploitation” of Parliament, of which she assumed the presidency from October 2022 until April 2023.
She was also a member of the “Standing Committee on Social Affairs” of the Parliament. At the same time, she was elected as Vice-President of the Economic, Commercial and Fiscal Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Cooperation Organization. During the 2019-2023 parliamentary term, she was Vice-President of the “Greece-Albania” Friendship Parliamentary Group and a member of “Greece-USA”, “Greece-Qatar”, “Greece-North Macedonia”, “Greece-Armenia” and “Greece-Egypt”.
Byron KOTZAMANIS, Demographer, Docteur es Lettres et Sciences Humaines (Univ. Paris X, France). Principal Investigator, Research Project “Demographic Imperatives in Research and Practices in Greece -Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (2021-2023). Researcher at the National Centre of Social Research (1983-1996), Associate Professor (1989-99) and Professor (1999-2019) of Demography (University of Thessaly, Dept of Planning and Regional Development).
Director (1998-2019) of the Laboratory of Demographic and Social Analyses of UTH. Director of the post-graduate studies program of the Dept. of Planning and Regional Studies (2001-2004) and of the Joint French-Greek Master Program “Population-Development-Foresight” organized by the Universities of Thessaly and Bordeaux (2015-2017). President (2001-2004) of the Association of French Speaking Demographers (AIDELF) and Honorary President since 2005. President (2007->) of the Association Demobalk. Chevalier de Palmes Academiques of the French Government (2005). Expert of the European Commission responsible for the re-organization of the Statistical Institutes in Western Balkans (Montenegro, Serbia, BiH) in the framework of PHARE and CARDS programs and member of numerous Monitoring and observation missions (EU, Consul of Europe, UNFPA) for censuses operations in ex-socialist countries.
Scientific responsible for the implementation of several research programs financed by national, foreigners and international institutions. Author, co-author and editor of books about demographic /population developments in Greece and Balkans. Author of several papers in collective volumes examining issues of demographic policy, population projections, migration, mortality, family/fertility (as well as the spatial dimensions of demographic phenomena) in Greece / Balkans.
Dimitra-Ines Aggeli was born in Athens in 1966, where she grew up and lives. She is of Athenian origin. Married and mother of 6 children.
Graduated Programmer/Computer Analyst. She speaks English, German, French. Municipal Councilor of the Municipality of Athens, President of the Municipal Nursery of Athens, Secretary General of the Supreme Confederation of Multiple Children of Greece (ASPE), Secretary General of the Union of Multiple Children of Athens (E.P.A.), Member of the Board of Directors of OPEKA, Member of the Board of the European Large Families Confederation (E.L.Fa.C.), Member of the Board of the “Kephalinian Brotherhood of Athens”.
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She worked as an administrative executive in the creation and support of commercial applications (customized applications) for large companies (insurance, publishing, shipping, agricultural cooperatives, trade, etc.)
She taught in free study workshops on IT subjects.
As a volunteer she has participated in many social and environmental actions
as well as in sports events (pan-Hellenic, pan-European, Olympic, Special Olympics).
Alexandra Tragaki is a Professor of Economic Demography at Harokopio University, where she has served as President of the Department of Geography.
She holds a PhD from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), also has a master’s degree in Economic Demography from the same University and a degree in Mathematics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has received a scholarship from IKY for postgraduate and doctoral studies abroad and the Fulbright Award for Visiting Scholars (2013-14).
She was elected a Lecturer at Harokopio University in 2002. Furthermore, she had previously worked as a consultant in the Economic Research and Analysis Unit of the Council of Economic Experts (SOE) of the Ministry of National Economy (2000-2002) and as a researcher at the Institute for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE), specializing in social security (1998-2000).
She has been a key member of the Greek delegation to the Economic Policy Committee of the European Commission, during the period Dec. 2000-Sept. 2002.
She has participated in expert committees and in various research projects.
BA in Economics (University of Thessaloniki), MA and PhD in Economics (University of Warwick).
Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business, Research Fellow of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA, Bonn) and Senior Research Fellow of the Hellenic Observatory (LSE, London). He has published over 100 books, scholarly articles and contributions to collective volumes, made over 200 presentations in conferences and workshops and participated in over 50 research and consultancy projects. His research focuses on Economics of Social Policy (inequality, poverty, social exclusion, redistributive role of the state) Labour and Education Economics (determinants of unemployment, returns to education).
Since August 2020, Deputy Minister of Labour in charge of Social Insurance. During the period 2012-2014 he was Chairman of the Greek Government’s Council of Economic Advisers and member of the EU Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) and Eurogroup Working Group (EWG) as well as alternate member of Ecofin and Eurogroup. He has also been Social Policy advisor to Prime Ministers G. Papandreou (2010-2011) and L. Papademos (2011-2012) and a member of the EU Economic Policy Committee (EPC, 2010-2011). Further, he was member of the Greek Government’s Council of Advisors on Employment and Social Insurance (2001-2002), National Council for Research and Technology (2001-2005) Council of Economic Advisors (2002-2004 and 2009-2012) and member of the Independent Authority for the Evaluation of Tertiary Education (2006-2009).
Marina Stefou, PhD
Dr. Marina Stefou graduated from the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece and holds a Master’s Degree in Law and Business Economy from the Department of International and European Studies of the Panteion University of Athens, as well as a Doctorate Degree (PhD) in International Economic Law from the same university and department.
As a Marie Curie PhD scholar of the European Commission and member of the European Corporate Governance Training Network (ECGTN), she conducted part of her doctoral research at the Department of Business Law of the University of Genoa between 2006 and 2008. She has published papers on the comparative analysis of corporate governance in Greece and Cyprus, on the American law of corporate governance (Sarbanes–Oxley Act) and its extraterritorial application and on the financial crisis and its effects on corporate governance.
In 2011 she successfully completed the executive interdisciplinary program for senior executives of the Harvard Kennedy School on the topic of “Senior Managers in Government” in Boston, US.
She has fourteen years of professional experience with the European Parliament, having worked as a scientific and political adviser to Members of the European Parliament in various Committees. Until recently and prior to the appointment as Secretary General, she has been serving as one of the two advisers of the European People’s Party Group (EPP Group) in the Employment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL) of the European Parliament.
She has specialized experience in the drafting and technical negotiation of European legislation on various topics, including financial governance, constitutional affairs and human rights, employment policies and jobs creation, promoting equality policies, pay transparency and equal pay for equal work, combating gender discrimination and stereotypes, developing demographic policies and affordable housing policies in the Members-States, as well as promoting policies on the reconciliation of personal/family life and professional activity.
She has participated, on a technical-advisory level, in the informal working group for the European Child Guarantee, concerning vulnerable children and combating child poverty.
Marina has also served as President to the Board of the Greek Research Centre for Gender Equality (KETHI) since 2022 and until her recent appointment.
She speaks Greek, English, French, Italian and Spanish.
Dr. Nickolas Vlahos was born in Athens in 1965.
He graduated from the University of Athens Medical School in June of 1989 with Honors.
Immediately following, he served for 2 years as a Second Lieutenant in the Hellenic Military Air force.
Following the completion of his military service and his medical service in underserved areas in Greece, he was accepted by the State University of New York, where he specialized in Obstetrics and Gynecology (1992-1997) and became Board Certified by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
In 1997 Dr. Vlahos was accepted as a fellow by the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore USA, where he trained for three years in order to attain the subspecialty in Reproductive Endocrinology.
The Reproductive Endocrinology Fellowship included comprehensive training in all of the assisted reproduction techniques, including, IVF, GIFT, ICSI, as well as all of the advanced Laparoscopic and Hysteroscopic surgical techniques.
In July of 1999 the University of Johns Hopkins offered Dr. Vlahos the position of Lecturer in Reproductive endocrinology.
In the year 2000 following written and oral exams he became Board Certified as a Reproductive Endocrinologist.
In July of the Year 2000 Johns Hopkins University offered Dr. Vlahos the position of Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
The years 2000-2004 were spent working as an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, USA.
In 2001 Dr Vlachos was proclaimed Director of the department of Endometriosis and Laparoscopic Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital ; in the same year he also undertakes the responsibilities of Co-Director for the department of Assisted Reproduction and IVF.
In September of 2004 Dr. Vlahos is offered the position of Assistant Professor at the 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of Athens, as director of the division of Assisted Reproduction.
In December of 2010 he is promoted to the position of Associate Professor and he became the director of the department of Endoscopic surgery of Aretaieio University Hospital.
In May of 2015 Dr. Vlahos was promoted to the position of Full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Assisted Reproduction
Dr Vlahos has been commended by the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopy Surgery ( AAGL) for his exemplary performance in laparoscopic surgery, he has been awarded the title “Top Doc In America for Endometriosis and IVF” and has been nominated several time for the WHO IS WHO in AMERICA as well as WHO is WHO in Medicine and Health Care. He has been the principal author of more than 100 scientific publications and contributing author for 8 medical books.
He has been a reviewer for several scientific journals in the field of IVF and endoscopic surgery and he has organized several courses in endoscopic surgery and IVF.
His main areas of interest are: infertility and assisted reproduction, IVF, endometriosis, and advanced endoscopic surgery.
Vasilios Kellaris was born in Athens. He is a medical graduate of NKUA (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), while he served as a Resident Obstetrician at “ATTIKON” University Hospital, having completed part of his training at “Elpis” and “Aglaia Kyriakou” Children’s hospital.
He holds a Master’s degree in High Risk Pathology Pregnancy and a PhD from the Medical School of NKUA.
He also holds a Diploma in Specialization in Management and Organization of Health Units from the Open University of Athens, an A.L.S.O. Diploma (Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics, U.K.) and a Certificate of the Vocational Training Centers (KEK) in “Human Reproduction”.
He is further educated in the field of Infertility and Assisted Reproduction Methods at the University Hospital UZ Brussel. Additionally, he is a Certified Sonographer and holds a “Focus on Gynecology” Diploma and a ISGE Certification (International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology).
He is Vice President of “Mitera” hospital, Vice President and co-founder of the “Hygeia IVF Embryogenesis” Center and Co-founder of the Non-profit Organization for infertility and birth deficit Be-Live.
Moreover, he is a Research Fellow of the Hellenic Society of Reproductive Medicine (E.E.A.I.) and member of the Coordinating Committee for Human Reproduction of C.V.T. (Vocational Training Center).
Furthermore, he is a fellow of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), member of the European Academy of Gynecological Surgery (MIS Academy Europe) and of the Global Fertility Academy (GFA).
He is an editorial board member of British Medical Journal (BMJ).
He has his private clinic in Athens and Samos.
Dr Harry Hiniadis is a Reproductive Gynecologist and founding member of HYGEIA IVF Embryogenesis. He is Member of the Board of Directors of Mitera Hospital and co-founder of the Non-Profit Association for the Assistance of Reproduction “Be-Live”.
He specialised in Obstetrics & Gynecology in the UK for 6 years at esteemed institutes such as King’s College Hospital, Royal London Hospital, Medway Maritime Hospital, Queen Mary Hospital, and King George Hospital. Whilst at King’s College Hospital, London, Dr Hiniadis was research fellow at the Harris Birthright Unit for Fetal Medicine.
He specialised in IVF and Gynecological Endoscopic Surgery (Laparoscopy & Hysteroscopy) and worked in the Assisted Reproduction Unit of Saint Bartholomew’s University Hospital, London.
Between 2004-2021 he was an associate of the of Mitera IVF Unit, where he has served as Scientific Director.
He has obtained the European Diploma in Gynecological Laparoscopy & Hysteroscopy, Université d’Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, the Diploma of Console Surgeon in Robotic Laparoscopy, Strasbourg, the Diploma of Faculty for Family Planning of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RCOG) and the A.L.S.O. Diploma (Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics), U.K.
He is a certified ultrasonographer, and holds the Diploma of the Hellenic Ministry of Health for Gynecological and Obstetric Ultrasound.
He teaches in the Postgraduate Program “Human Reproduction” of the Medical School of the Democritus University of Thrace, as well as the sixth-year students of the Medical School of the European University Cyprus at Hygeia Hospital.
Through Be-Live he provides free of IVF treatment across Greece and works against the decline of global fertility rate.
Pavlos Baltas is a Researcher (Grade C) in Institute of Social Research (IKE) at the Greek National Center for Social Research (EKKE).
He has worked at Observatoire Démographique Européen (ODE) of Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques (INED) in Paris and in several research projects on Demographic Analysis, Population Projections, Data Analysis and Thematic Mapping.
His current research interests are lying in the areas of Demographic Analysis, Population Geography and the use of Big Data (Satellite images and Social Media Data) in social sciences.
He has been an adjunct lecturer at University of Bordeaux, University of Thessaly, Athens University of Economic and Business, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and at University of Aegean.
He holds a PhD in Demography, a MSc entitled “Population, Development and Prospective” and a MSc entitled “Planning and Regional Development”.
George Patoulis was born in Athens, Greece. He entered the Athens Medical School and specialized in Orthopaedic surgery at the Athens Laiko Hospital, where he also wrote a doctoral thesis. He is specialised in Health Economics and graduated from the National School of Public Health.
He was elected in the Board of the “LAIKO” Hospital, while at the same time he established the Association of the Trainee Doctors of Athens and Piraeus.
In 1997, he established the “Young Doctors” Pan-Hellenic Society and in 2002 the Association of the Freelance Doctors of Attica, where he still holds the position of the Honorary President. In 1998, he was elected municipal counsellor for the first time at the Municipality of Pefki, where he has formed the institution of Municipal Medical Centre.
In 2006, he was elected for the first time Mayor of Amaroussion in the Region of Attica. In 2010, he was re-elected with 57% and in 2014 he was again elected for the third time as a Mayor with 60%.
At the same time, he established the National Hellenic Inter-Municipal Network of Healthy Cities, while he also became the President of Association of Municipalities for the Protection and Restoration of Penteliko.
In June 2011, he was elected for the first time President of the Athens Medical Association. He was re-elected in the same post in October 2014 and October 2018, the last time achieving a percentage of 55%. In parallel, in January 2012, he became one of the founding members of the Social Mission Clinic.
In October 2014, he was elected President of Central Union of Municipalities of Greece, while in 2015 he was elected Vice President of the Council of Municipalities and Regions of Europe (CEMR), where he was elected again in December 2016.
In February 2018, he was elected President of ELITOUR.
In the Local Administration elections in 2019, he was elected Regional Governor of Attica with 66%. In October 2019, he was elected A’ Vice-President of the Association of Regions. In February 2020, he was elected Vice-President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and Head of the Greek Delegation of the Committee of the Regions for the 2020-2025 term.
He has published various articles and other work in scientific medical magazines in Greece and globally.
He has a son, Alexandros.
Apostolos G. Papadopoulos studied Sociology in Greece (Panteion University of Political and Social Sciences) and in the United Kingdom (London School of Economics) and received his PhD in Human Geography (University of Sussex).
He was Director of Postgraduate Studies at the Department of Geography (2009-2011),Vice-Rector of Economic Affairs and Development (2011-2015) and Dean of the Faculty of Environment, Geography and Applied Economics (2017-2018) at Harokopio University.
He is a full Professor at the Department of Geography at Harokopio University and Director of the Institute of Social Research (ISR) at the National Centre for Social Research (EKKE).
He has participated in and/or coordinated over forty (40) research programmes and has more than 150 publications in scientific journals, books and scientific congresses. He is Editor-in-Chief of the international peer-reviewed journal Sociolologia Ruralis and Associate Editor of NEW MEDIT: Mediterranean Journal of Economics, Agriculture and Environment.
His research interests include: rural space and society, socio-spatial transformations, mobility, international migration, refugee flows, sustainable development, rural policy, and migration and asylum policy.
She was born and raised in Agios Efstratios, attended school on the island, is a graduate of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Education of the University of Patras, has been involved with the public since 2010, as a municipal councilor, President of the Municipal Council and was elected for the first time Mayor in 2014. This is her second term.
She is a member of the Board of Directors of KEDE and President of the Equality Committee of KEDE, where she actively deals with issues of sexual harassment in the workplace by cooperating with the General Secretariat for Gender Equality, KETHI, EKDDA, and Universities.
Antonis Makris comes from Agios Efstratios where he lived all his student years. He lives permanently in Lemnos with his family.
He is a graduate of the School of IT Applications in Administration and Economics and has been dealing with IT certifications since 2011.
He has been the Education, Development and Quality Assurance Manager of the Center for Lifelong Learning of the Municipality of Agios Efstrati.
He has been an implementation manager in a multitude of European training programs to combat unemployment, on the island of Lemnos. He has received training as a robotics instructor from the Robotics Academy of the University of Macedonia and is a certified instructor from EOPPEP, among others, in the field of Computer Systems Designers, Analysts and Programmers.
Since 2019, he has founded the Limnos Robotics Academy. With his teams he has received important distinctions. He recently became one of the coaches of the HERO (Hellenic Educational Robotics Organization) National Robotics Team.
Konstantinos Dimtsas was born in February 1969 in Larissa and lives permanently in Piraeus.
He studied at the Law School of the National University of Athens but from a very early time he became interested and involved in journalism. He is a member of the Journalists’ Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers. He started his journalistic career from the Thessalian newspapers “Ημερήσιος Κήρυκας/Daily Herald” and “Ελευθερία/Freedom” as well as the magazine “Στιγμές/Moments”. He co-presented his first political show on the municipal radio of Piraeus “Channel 1” in 1988, while at the same time he worked for the newspaper “Acropolis”. Soon he was “transferred” to the radio station “Athens 9.84” of the Municipality of Athens with his own political show and as a political editor in the newspaper “Απογευματινή/Evening Times”.
He was one of the youngest political editors in Greece. He was director of the newspaper “Βραδυνή της Κυριακής/Evening Times of Sunday” at the age of 30 for five and a half years. He also became Managing Editor at “Press Time” and Editor-in-chief and political editor at “Αδέσμευτος Τύπος/Unaligned Press”. He worked as a political reporter at the television stations “ANTENNA”, “STAR” and “ERT”, at the radio stations “FLASH”, “OH! FM”, and “ERA” as well as in many magazines.
He has carried out more than 70 missions outside Greece and has interviewed political figures of international scope, some of which were broadcast by American and European media such as: Yasser Arafat, Glaukos Cleridis, Bulent Ecevit, Suleiman Demirel, Mesut Yilmaz, Felipe González, Romano Prodi, Andreas. G. Papandreou, George A. Papandreou, Melina Mercouri, composer Mikis Theodorakis, painter G. Tsarouchis and from the total of almost of Greek politicians.
In May 2008, His Beatitude Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Mgr Hieronymos II entrusted him with the administration of the NGO-NPO “Solidarity” of the Church of Greece. From July 2010 he took over as Director-General of the newly founded NGO-NPO “Apostoli/Mission” of the Archdiocese of Athens.
He also served as Civil Administrator of the Holy Mount (Monastic Republic) of Athos.
Andreas V. Stergiou was born in 1986. He is an Economist MSc, PhD Cand and Accountant – Tax Technician 1st Class.
He is a graduate of the Department of Public Administration, holder of postgraduate degrees specializing in Public Administration and Sustainable Development Strategies in Local Government, as well as a PhD candidate in Public Finance.
Maintains a privately owned Accounting – Tax Office. He has served as Deputy Mayor of Zografou, Associate of the Minister of Economy & Competitiveness, Scientific Associate of Public Finances of the Municipality of Nea Smyrni and Scientific Associate of the Panhellenic Association of General Secretaries of Local Government, while he has built a remarkable self-governing experience through several positions of responsibility.
He was appointed Treasurer of the Hellenic Archery Federation and remains a Regular Member of the Board of Directors. He was elected Vice President of the Chatzikonsta Foundation and now participates in the Board of Directors. as Secretary.
He actively participated in collective organizations active in mountainous Argithea, as he was Secretary General of the Panhellenic Federation of Theater Associations, Secretary General of the Athens Theater Association and President of the Stefaniota Association.
Since September 1, 2019, he is the Mayor of Argithea.
Today he is also the Vice-President of the Mountain Areas Committee of KEDE, President of the “Pindos” Network, Treasurer of the “Lake Cities Network” and Member of the Board of Directors. of ANKA.
He is married to Stella Bear and they have a son.
Adonis Georgiadis was born on November 6th, 1972, in Athens. He is married to Eugenia Manolidou and they have two children, Perseus and Alcaeus. He graduated from the Faculty of History & Archaeology of the School of Philosophy of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens.
In 1993, he took over the management of publications ‘GEORGIADIS-LIBRARY OF GREEK’. In 1994, he founded the Liberal Studies Center “GREEK EDUCATION”.
Elected MP in Athens B region in the elections of 2007 and 2009 with the LAOS political party.
In February 2012, he joined the Nea Demokratia political party, having resigned from the parliamentary office. Elected with Nea Demokratia in Athens B in the national elections of 2012 and 2015.
In 2011, he was Vice Minister of Shipping in the Government of Lucas Papademos and in 2013 he was appointed Minister of Health in the Government of Antonis Samaras.
On July 9, 2019, Adonis Georgiadis was sworn in as Minister of Development and Investments in the Government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, a position he held for 4 years.
In the elections of 21 May 2023, Adonis Georgiadis was re-elected Member of Parliament for the Northern Sector of Athens. On June the 27th was sworn as Minister of Labour and Social Welfare.
PhD, Msc, Special Teaching Staff, Department of International, European & Regional Studies, Panteion University of Social & Political Sciences
Dr. Zefi Dimadama teaches as a Special Teaching Staff in the Department of International, European and Regional Studies at Panteion University, she holds a PhD and a Master’s Degree in the scientific field of “Regional Economic Development and Environmental Policies”.
She has been the General Director of the International Center for Black Sea Studies and has a significant presence in International Forums and scientific contribution to research activities in the field of economy and sustainable development, gender equality and human rights. She was the Vice-President of the Women of the European Socialist Party (PESWOMEN) and head of the ESK Women of the Network for Climate Change and the Environment. She is the President of the Athens Branch of the Greek Women’s Union (EGE) and former Vice-President of the Women’s Political Association.
She is active internationally in research and academic collaborations related to Sustainable Development with an emphasis on the integration of the 17 UN Goals and the achievement of Goal 5 on gender equality and the empowerment of women. She has participated in the work of the UN and in the 67th session of the UN Commission (UN CSW67) in March between 6-17/2023 in New York, while she has been invited to a number of international conferences, seminars as a speaker and coordinator of thematic sections.
She is the author of two monographs “Economy, Development, Environment. Theoretical Approaches and Sustainable Development Policies” (Papazisi Publications 2008), and “Sustainable Economic Development. The Integration of the 17 UN Goals. Economic and environmental dimensions” (Papazisi Publications, 2021) while participating in individual and collective scientific announcements in Greek and international publications.
Gabriel Amitsis is an international lawyer and academic; first rank Professor of Social Security Law in the Department of Business Administration (Social Policy Unit) and Director of the Social Administration Research Lab (https://sarl.uniwa.gr) at the University of West Attica in Athens (www.uniwa.gr). Through his research and writing interventions, he pioneered the promotion of new institutions and tools of the Welfare State in Greece, such as the establishment of the Guaranteed Minimum Income, the elaboration of the National Strategy for Social Inclusion and the establishment of the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family.
He is the Coordinator of the Greek Chapter of the Academics Stand Against Poverty Network (academicsstand.org), the Chair of the Working Group on Social Services Research (European Social Network, https://www.esn-eu.org/), the Vice-Chair of the Working Group for Housing Systems in Transition at HOUSING EUROPE – The European Federation of Public, Cooperative and Social Housing (www.housingeurope.eu) and a senior member of the European Network for Research on Supplementary Pensions (https://enrsp.org/). His main research interests focus on critical social agendas, as social security, social welfare, social inclusion, employment, social entrepreneurship, regional development, migration and asylum.
Prof. Amitsis is author and co-author of twenty books and has published in international edited books and journals, while he is the chief editor of the book series “The reform of the Social State”, published since 2016 by the leading Greek publisher PAPAZISIS. His best-selling monograph “The commitment to active inclusion of vulnerable groups – Lessons from Social Europe” (in Greek) was published in 2014 by PAPAZISIS with a foreword from Laszlo Andor, former EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.
Valia S. Aranitou is an associate professor of Political Sociology at the Department of Political Science of the University of Crete, Greece.
She studied Economics and Economic Sociology in Athens and in Paris.
In her doctoral thesis she explored the case of small traders in post-war Greece within the context of social identity and political behavior.
Her research interests include: organized interests and their role in the political system, recent developments in labour relations and the economic prerequisites of Democracy.
She is the scientific director of INEMY the research institute of the Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship.
Nikos Chatzinikolaou was born on October the 9th 1962, in Alexandroupolis, Evros. He started working as a journalist in 1983 covering education topics in the newspaper “MESIMVRINI”.
In 1984, he received the “Botsi” award for journalism. He then started to cover political issues. Meanwhile, he started his collaboration with the Sunday edition of the newspaper “Akropolis”, the newspaper “Ethnos” and the magazines “ENA” and “STATUS”.
In 1987, he started working for the newly founded radio “ATHINA 9,84”. At the same time he became member of the founding committee of the station. He also temporarily worked at the radio stations “ERA”, “SKY 100,4”, “PLANET” and “STATUS FM”.
In 1989, he started his collaboration with MEGA TV station. From 1998 until 2003 he was General Director of News and Information department of the station.
From 2003 until 2007, he collaborates with ALPHA TV Station, as Executive Vice President and General Director of News and Information department and later, as Chairman and CEO.
From April 2007 until October 2011 he collaborates with ALTER TV station.
In September 2007 he founded along with Andreas Kouris the «Real Group», which owns the radio station “Real Fm 97.8” in Athens, “Real Fm 107.1” in Salonica, “Ellinikos 93,2” in Athens, the weekly (every Sunday) newspaper “Real News” and the news portal “Real.gr”.
In 2012 Nikos Chatzinikolaou created his own personal site-blog “Enikos.gr” and the financial news blog “Enikonomia.gr”.
From September 2013 until June 2016, he collaborates with STAR Channel TV Station.
Since January 2017, he is the anchorman of the main news edition of ANT1 TV Station.
Nikos Chatzinikolaou is board member of European Newspaper Publishers Association (ENPA).
She studied Political Sciences at the Department of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and media training at the BBC Academy. She is a journalist, political analyst, TV anchorwoman until 2011 and General Manager of the think tank Institute of Democracy, Konstantinos Karamanlis until 2014.
She is an experienced and distinguished media trainer for “tradional” and cyber crisis management in companies such as: PETROLA HELLAS, HELLENIC PETROLEUM (ELPE), LAFARGE BETON, HALYPS BUILDING MATERIALS, ITALCEMENTI GROUP, REGENCY CASINO THESSALONIKI, HSBC, CREDIT AGRICOLE LIFE, DELTA, KATSELIS, GOODY’S, EVEREST, CARREFOUR, GENESIS FARMA and others.
Katia Makri is a journalist at Antenna Channel, one of the leading television networks in Greece. She has more than 20 years of experience as a political editor, and worked during that time for Ethnos, Eleftherotypia and Real newspapers, Star Channel, Alter Channel, Real, Alpha, and Flash Radio.
She was born in Athens, she has a master in European Studies and speaks fluently English and Italian.
Born and raised in Athens, Konstantinos Rompotis entered journalism in 1998 as a business editor at Imerissia daily financial newspaper.
Since then, he has worked in several newspapers, radio stations, magazines, and news portals as a financial editor and a columnist.
Since 2008 he has joined Real Media Group. He currently serves as Chief Editor at Real news newspaper.
He speaks English, German and French.
Manos Niflis is a journalist, General Manager of the websites enikos.gr and enikonomia.gr and radio host for Real fm 97.8, with a daily show.
He has presented TV shows for ALTER CHANNEL and Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), with an extensive experience in covering socio-political issues.
Previously, he served as News Director of the radio station ALPHA 98.9, Director of the website Zougla.gr, Editor-in-Chief for the newspapers “Agora” and “Athinaiki”, Editor-in-Chief of the TV shows “Enopios Enopio”, “Zougla”, “Kitrinos Tipos” and Coordinator of the ALPHA TV’s news bulletin.
Demography has always been an extremely important issue for our country.
The national policy framework to address it is created by:
In this context, Next is Now and Dome Consulting are organizing for the 2nd consecutive year, the conference: Demographic 2023 – Time to Act, on October 17, 2023, at the Athens Marriot Hotel.
The proceedings of the conference will be opened again this year by the Prime Minister of Greece, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, while government representatives, politicians, specialist academics and market stakeholders will participate in the panels.
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Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Security, Professor of International Economic Studies AUEB
Professor of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Medical School of Athens, Director of the 2nd Obstetrics-Gynecology Clinic, Aretaiio University. UoA Hospital
Obstetrician - Reproductive Gynecologist, Vice President of "Mother" Hospital, Vice President of the "HEALTH IVF Embryogenesis" Unit, Co-founder of the non-profit Be-Live Association
Director at Institute of Social Research (EKKE) / Professor of Rural Sociology & Geography (HUA)
Professor of Social Security Law in the Department of Business Administration (Social Policy Unit), Director of the Social Administration Research Lab at the University of West Attica in Athens
