Evripidis Stylianidis ( el, Ευριπίδης Στυλιανίδης, also transliterated ''Evripidis Stilianides'') is a

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politician who has served as

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, Minister for Education and Minister for Transport and Communications. He is a member of

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Personal life and education

Evripidis Stylianidis was born on 8 April 1966 in

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, near

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in the Rhodope regional unit of

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. Between 1984 and 1989 he studied at the Law School of the

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in Komotini, graduating with a

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. Between 1991 and 1994 he studied at the Law School of the

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, graduating with a PhD in

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, before serving in the Artillery Corps of the

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between 1994 and 1995. He is married to Stergioula Papachristou and speaks

and

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Professional life

From 1991 until 1994, Stylianidis worked at the Greek General Consulate in

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, cooperating with the Greek Foreign Ministry. Between 1995 and 1996 he was an advisor to the president of the

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in Greece in issues concerning youth affairs and

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. From 1997 until 1998, as a

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(EPLC) fellow, he taught in the

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programme in

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at the Law School of the

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. From 1997 until 2000, Stylianidis was a

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at European Public Law Center (EPLC).

Political life

Evripidis Stylianidis first entered politics in 1994 with New Democracy as a

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nominee. In 1996 he ran for parliament, but the

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at the time did not enable his party to elect an MP in the Rhodope constituency, albeit it is claimed that he received the most votes. In 2000 he was elected a Member of the Parliament of the Hellenes for the

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, and re-elected in 2004. In 2001, he was appointed New Democracy's alternative coordinator for foreign affairs, a position he held until 2004. He has also been a member of the

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Parliamentary Assembly and vice president of the Greece–Brazil and Greece–Germany and member of the Greece–Russia Parliamentary Friendship Committees. In the January 2015 election he won a seat in the parliament. But lost his seat in the September 2015 election.

Ministerial positions

On 19 September 2007, Evripidis Stylianidis became the Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs. After a government reshuffle, he was appointed Minister for Transport and Communications on 8 January 2009. After the elections of 7 October 2009, he is a parliament member with the main opposition party of

References

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