Nikos Dendias
Nikos Dendias (Greek: Νίκος Δένδιας; born 7 October 1959 in Corfu) is a Greek lawyer and politician of the conservative New Democracy party. He is a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Corfu, and was Minister for National Defence from November 2014 to January 2015.
Life
Nikos Dendias was born in Corfu in 1959, but his family hails from the island group of Paxoi.[1] He went to school in the Athens College, received a degree in law from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, a Master of Laws in Maritime and Insurance Law from the University of London and in Criminology from the London School of Economics.[1]
A practising lawyer, he has been active in New Democracy since 1978, first as a member of ND's student wing, DAP-NDFK and later as a party functionary in the Youth Organisation of New Democracy.[1] He was elected as an MP for Corfu in the Greek parliament in the 2004, 2007, 2009 and June 2012 elections.[1]
On 8 January 2009, he was named as Minister for Justice in the second cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis, serving until the cabinet's resignation on 7 October 2009, following ND's defeat in the elections of 4 October.[1][2] In the coalition cabinet of Antonis Samaras, formed after the June 2012 elections, he has held the posts of Minister for Public Order and Citizen Protection (21 June 2012 – 10 June 2014), Minister for Development and Competitiveness (10 June – 3 November 2014) and, from 3 November 2014 to 27 January 2015, Minister for National Defence.[1][3]
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| Preceded by | Minister of National Defence 3 November 2014 – 27 January 2015 |
Succeeded by Panos Kammenos |
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