Andreas Loverdos ( el, Ανδρέας Λοβέρδος ; born 15 May 1956) is a Greek politician who was Minister for Education and Religious Affairs from 2014 to 2015.

Early life

Loverdos was born in

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. He graduated from the

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of the

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in 1978. From 1978 until 1980, he fulfilled his obligatory military service in the

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. In 1982, he completed postgraduate studies in

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at the Université libre de Bruxelles. During his studies, he served as vice-president of the Thessaloniki law students' union as well as president of the Greek students' association of Belgium. In 1986, Andreas Loverdos completed his PhD at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with the thesis ''Terrorism and Political Crime: Study from the Perspective of Law''. In 1991, he undertook research at the

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on the function of

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and in 1996 he researched the function of democratic

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s at

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Academic career

Andreas Loverdos was Associate Professor of Constitutional Law at

Panteion University The Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences ( el, Πάντειον Πανεπιστήμιο Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών), usually referred to simply as the Panteion University, is a university loc ...

until 1986, when he was appointed Lecturer for the Department of Postgraduate Studies, a post he held until 1992. From 1992 until 1995, Andreas Loverdos worked as a full Professor of Constitutional Law. He is an author of numerous articles in legal research journals.

Political career

A leading cadre of the

Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( el, Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellínio Sosialistikó Kínima, ), known mostly by its acronym PASOK, (; , ) is a social-democratic political party in Greece. Until 2012, it ...

, Loverdos was first elected to the

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in the 2000 legislative election. From 23 January 2002 until 10 March 2004 he served as Deputy

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. In October 2009, Loverdos was appointed Minister for Labour and Social Security. In September 2010, he was appointed Minister for Health and Social Solidarity. In this capacity, he launched a harsh reform of the pension system during Greece’s first bailout programme. He held this post until 17 May 2012, when the

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was replaced by the

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. On 3 December 2012, Loverdos announced the launch of a new political movement, the

Radical Movement of Social Democratic Alliance Radical Movement of Social Democratic Alliance (RIKSSY) ( gr, Ριζοσπαστική Κίνηση Σοσιαλδημοκρατικής Συμμαχίας, ΡΙΚΣΣΥ (a play on words with the homophone ρήξη, "rupture"), was a short-lived ( ...

(RIKSSY), and was subsequently expelled from the

PASOK The Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( el, Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellínio Sosialistikó Kínima, ), known mostly by its acronym PASOK, (; , ) is a social-democratic political party in Greece. Until 2012, it ...

parliamentary group. A new political party, the

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, was formed by Loverdos and other members of RIKSSY on 15 April 2013. Loverdos returned to the government as Minister for Education and Religious Affairs on 10 June 2014, and to the PASOK parliamentary group on 22 August 2014. In this role, he was given a brief to complete an overhaul of university administration and dismiss thousands of “perpetual students” who failed to meet the 10-year deadline for obtaining a first degree. In January 2021, Loverdos was removed as the parliamentary leader of

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Personal life

Andreas Loverdos is married to Penelope Papaioannou and has a daughter and two sons.

Publications

* Προσηλυτισμός roselytism Athens 1986, Ant. Sakkoulas Pub. * Για την τρομοκρατία και το πολιτικό έγκλημα n terrorism and political crime Athens 1987, Interbooks Pub. * Παρεκκλίσεις πολιτικής συμπεριφοράς και Σύνταγμα eviations of political behaviour and the Constitution Athens 1988, Exantas Pub. * Κυβέρνηση : συλλογική λειτουργία και πολιτική ευθύνη overnment: collective function and political responsibility Athens 1991, Ant. Sakkoulas Pub. * Η ποινική ευθύνη των μελών της Κυβέρνησης και των υφυπουργών στο κοινοβουλευτικό πολίτευμα enal responsibility of cabinet members and deputy ministers in a parliamentary polity Athens 1995, Ant. Sakkoulas Pub. * Μορφές του Δημοκρατικού Πολιτεύματος orms of Democracy Athens 2000, Indiktos Pub. * Πολιτική Ιστορία της Ελλάδας, 1828–1975 olitical History of Greece, 1828–1975 Athens 2000, Ant. Sakkoulas Pub. * Η ΝΕΑ ΤΡΟΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ με αφορμή την 11η Σεπτεμβρίου EW TERRORISM on the occasion of 11 September Athens 2002, Indiktos Pub. * Tο Σύνταγμα της Ελλάδας και η αναθεώρησή του

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Athens 2006, To Pontiki Pub.

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