George Mavrotas ( Greek: Γιώργος Μαυρωτάς; born 4 April 1967 in

Athens, Greece 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 ...

) is a former member of the Greek Parliament,He was an MP for the Attica constituency with The River (Greece) while also being a retired Greek water polo player and

associate professor Associate professor is an academic title with two principal meanings: in the North American system and that of the ''Commonwealth system''. Overview In the ''North American system'', used in the United States and many other countries, it is a ...

in the School of Chemical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens. In July 2019 he was designated as General Secretary of Sport in the Greek Government.

Career

Mavrotas played in five consecutive

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for his native country from

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

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. He is, jointly with Spaniard

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. He is, jointly with shooter Agi Kassoumi, the fourth Greek to compete at five modern Olympics, after shooters Ioannis Theofilakis and

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and sailor

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. Mavrotas played 511 times for the

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(a national record for team sports) and is among a few water polo players worldwide who have participated in five Olympic Games, just one behind the sport legend

. His major career achievements is the second place in the 1997 World Cup as captain of the national team, and the first place in the European Cup of Cup Winners also in 1997, with his clu
Nautical Club of Vouliagmeni
In 1999, he participated in the world selection team. From 2003 to 2009, he was member of the Greek Anti-Doping Organization (ESKAN). Mavrotas is now following an academic career, as an

in the School of Chemical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens with expertise in Operational Research. In January 2015 he was elected as member of the Greek Parliament with the pro-European, reforming party "

To Potami The River ( el, Το Ποτάμι, To Potami, ) was a centrist and social-liberal political party in Greece. The party was founded in February 2014 by Stavros Theodorakis. The party did not run in the 2019 elections and had no seats in the Hel ...

" (The River). In addition to his athletic career, in 1990 he completed his studies at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) at the School of Chemical Engineering. In 2000 he received his doctorate from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in the field of operational research. In December 2003 he began his academic career at the Laboratory of Industrial & Energy Economics at the School of Chemical Engineering of the NTUA, and today he i
associate professor
Since 1994 he has been married to Fani Stathakopoulou and has two sons, Leonidas and Aris. In 2010 he wrote the novel "Theorem of Seven" containing a number of autobiographical details and focuses on the importance of friendship, collective effort, victory and defeat. In 2014 he returned to active action and played in the A1 championship with the Hydraikos team. In 2014 he was a candidate for the European Parliament with The River. On 25 January 2015 he was elected a member of the Greek Parliament (the Attica Region) of the River (To Potami). From January 2018 until June 2019, he was chairman in the Subcommittee on Education, Youth and Sport of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe In July 2019 he was designated as Secretary General of Sport in the Greek Government. In June 2021 he was elected chairman of th
Follow Up Committee
of the Macolin Convention against the manipulation of sport competitions of the Council of Europe.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mavrotas, George 1967 births Greek male water polo players Olympic water polo players of Greece Water polo players from Athens Water polo players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Academic staff of the National Technical University of Athens National Technical University of Athens alumni Living people Greek MPs 2015 (February–August) Greek MPs 2015–2019 The River (Greece) politicians Politicians from Athens

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