Dimitris Moustakas ( el, Δημήτρης Μουστάκας) is a Greek lawyer and judge who served as the Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity in the

Caretaker Cabinet of Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou The Caretaker Cabinet of Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou was formed following the resignation of the Syriza-ANEL coalition government on 20 August 2015, and the failure of opposition parties to form their own government. The cabinet was headed b ...

Early life and education

Moustakas was born in

Euboea Evia (, ; el, Εύβοια ; grc, Εὔβοια ) or Euboia (, ) is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by the narrow Euripus Strait (only at its narrowest poin ...

and studied law the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

Professional career

Moustakas joined the judiciary in 1975 and is currently a senior judge. He has edited the literary column of the ''Legal News'', published by the Association of Judges and Prosecutors.

Political career

Moustakas was appointed as the Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity in the

on 28 August 2015.

Personal life

Moustakas has published three collections of poetry, one of which was for children. In 2001 he was awarded the first prize in National Short Story Literary Contest of the Philological Department of Piraeus Association and in 2008 he was awarded the second prize for poetry in nationwide poetry contest of Writers' Union of Northern Greece.

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