Dimitris Papangelopoulos ( el, Δημήτρης Παπαγγελόπουλος; born 1954) is a Greek lawyer and politician who served as Alternate Minister of Corruption Issues in the

Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras The Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras was sworn in on 23 September 2015, following the Greek legislative election in September 2015. Alexis Tsipras, leader of Syriza, was sworn in as Prime Minister of Greece on 21 September, having agreed to re ...

. He has previously served as the Deputy Minister of Justice in the

First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras Following his victory in legislative elections held on 25 January 2015, the newly elected Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appointed a new cabinet to succeed the cabinet of Antonis Samaras, his predecessor. A significant reshuffle took place on 1 ...

, from May to August 2015, and as interim Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights 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 ...

. Papangelopoulos was also the Director General of the National Intelligence Service for three months in 2009.

Career

Papangelopoulos became a lower court prosecutor in 1983 and remained in this role until 2003, when his fellow prosecutors elected him head of the Athens office of lower court prosecutors. In 2006, he was appointed as a special prosecutor responsible for supervising the police's organised crime and counter-terrorism activities. Papangelopoulos called for a prompt investigation into the large-scale blackout that took place a month before the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

. In 2007, Papangelopoulos was considering whether a series of arson attacks on Greece's forests could be tried under anti-terrorism law. Under the premiership of

Kostas Karamanlis Konstantinos A. Karamanlis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Αλεξάνδρου Καραμανλής; born 14 September 1956), commonly known as Kostas Karamanlis ( el, Κώστας Καραμανλής, ), is a Greek politician who served as the ...

, Papangelopoulos served as Director General of the National Intelligence Service. He served from 14 July 2009 to 13 October 2009, and was appointed as part of a major reshuffle. In March 2015, he was appointed as Secretary General of the

Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights The Ministry of Justice ( el, Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης) is the ministry (government department), government department entrusted with the supervision of the civil law (legal system), legal and judiciary of Greece, judicial system ...

. On 6 May 2015, Papangelopoulos was sworn in as a Deputy Minister of Justice in the

, serving under

Nikos Paraskevopoulos Nikos Paraskevopoulos ( gr, Νίκος Παρασκευόπουλος) is a Greece, Greek criminologist who is a former Greek Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights, Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights. He was a Profe ...

as Minister. According to a statement, he was brought in to focus on increasing the transparency of the judiciary. Papangelopoulos served as the interim Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights in the

from August to September 2015 before returning to the

on 23 September as the Alternate Minister of Corruption Issues in the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights.

References

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