Antonis Manitakis ( el, Αντώνης Μανιτάκης: born 1944) is a

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and

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. He was a Minister of administrative reform and e-governance (2012/2013) and a former interim Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction, having served in 2012 and 2015.

Early life and education

Manitakis was born on 19 April 1944 in

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. He studied

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at the

Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki The Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is considered one of the most prestigious Greek law schools. It is ranked first among the Greek law schools and is considered one of the 200 best law schools in the world. History Th ...

and received a

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from the University of Brussels. Afterwards, he was elected as a professor at the

. Antonis Manitakis was a student of Aristovoulos Manesis, whom he succeeded at the

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seat.

Academic career

During his academic career, he was the dean of the School of Law and Political Sciences, as well as a

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at the

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(1987), the

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(1989), the

University of Rome La Sapienza The Sapienza University of Rome ( it, Sapienza – Università di Roma), also called simply Sapienza or the University of Rome, and formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a public research university located in Rome, Ita ...

(1994) and the

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(2002). From 2004 to 2010, he taught European Constitutional Law at the

's Law School summer seminars. In 2007, Manitakis was awarded with the award of exceptional university teaching by the

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Karolos Papoulias Karolos Papoulias ( el, Κάρολος Παπούλιας ; 4 June 1929 – 26 December 2021) was a Greek politician who served as the president of Greece from 2005 to 2015. A member of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), he previously ...

. He served as a deputy chairman of the National Council of Radio and Television (1997–1999). Since April 2014, he is the Dean of the School of Law in th
Neapolis University in Cyprus

Political career

In May 2012, Manitakis was appointed interim

minister of interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and iden ...

to the

Caretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos The Caretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos was sworn in on May 17, 2012 after the end of the period of office of the Cabinet of Lucas Papademos, when an inconclusive election on May 6, 2012 resulted in a hung parliament. According to the pr ...

. On 21 June, after a suggestion made by the Democratic Left, it was announced that he would participate at the Government of Antonis Samaras as the minister of administrative reform and e-governance.

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