Nikos Androulakis
Nikos Androulakis (Greek: Νίκος Ανδρουλάκης; born 7 February 1979) is a Greek politician who serves as president of the PASOK – Movement for Change since 2021.
He served also as Member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2023.
Nikos Androulakis | |
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| Νίκος Ανδρουλάκης | |
 Androulakis in 2021 | |
| President of the PASOK – KINAL | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Fofi Gennimata |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 2 July 2014 – 2 May 2023 | |
| Constituency | Greece |
| Political Secretary of the PASOK | |
| In office 14 March 2013 – 19 July 2015 | |
| President | Evangelos Venizelos |
| Preceded by | Paris Koukoulopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Stefanos Jelakakis |
| Member of the Hellenic Parliament | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2023 | |
| Constituency | Thessaloniki A |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 February 1979 Heraklion, Greece |
| Political party | PASOK – KINAL |
| Alma mater | Democritus University of Thrace (BS, MS) University of Athens |
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| Website | androulakisnikos |
He was elected as member of the Hellenic Parliament after the May 2023 Greek legislative election serving the constituency of Thessaloniki A.
Early life and career
Born 1979 in Heraklion, Androulakis studied civil engineering at the Democritus University of Thrace, from where he also received a MSc in "New Materials and Environment". He has worked in the tourism industry and as a civil engineer, he also gave courses in the School of Pedagogical and Technological Education.
Political career
Career in national politics
In 2001 Androulakis became a member of the Central Council of PASOK Youth and in 2008 he was appointed member of the National Council of PASOK. On 4 March 2013 he was elected member of the central political committee of PASOK, which on its first session on 14 March 2013 elected him the new political secretary.
Member of the European Parliament, (2014–2023)
In the 2014 European Parliament election, Androulakis was elected one of two MEPs on PASOK's Elia list. He affiliates with the parliamentary group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and is member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
In addition to his committee assignments, Androulakis is part of the parliament's delegation for relations with China. He is also a member of the MEPs Against Cancer group.
Androulakis won the race to lead the KINAL and PASOK over former Prime Minister George Papandreou on 12 December 2021 to succeed deceased Fofi Gennimata.
Attempt of wiretapping Androulakis
In June 2022, experts notified Androulakis that, in September 2021, weeks after declaring that he would be a candidate to possibly lead PASOK, he had received a text message with a link that would have installed the spyware,Predator, had he tapped on the link on his phone. Shortly after, he filed a complaint with Greece's Supreme Court over an attempted bugging of his mobile phone with surveillance software. The ensuing scandal led to the resignations of the chief of the Greek National Intelligence Service (EYP), Panagiotis Kontoleon, as well as the Secretary General and nephew of the Prime Minister, Grigoris Dimitriadis.
References
External links
- Official website (in Greek)
- Personal profile of Nikos Androulakis in the European Parliament's database of members
- Member profile on the website of the S&D parliamentary group
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