Nikos Vakalis (born December 1939–23 March 2017) was a

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(MEP) from 2004 to 2009.

Biography

He studied

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with a scholarship at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He served as a reservist officer (head of Faculty) in the

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. He founded the

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Vakalis in 1967. After studying the

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he founded in 1972 the College of Advance Education collaborating with the British examining bodies

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, AEB and JMB. In 1999 he extended his activities founding the publishing house Publications Vakali. He also entered the market of

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with the founding of the training company e-master, and the company executive training market with the founding of the Business Training Centre. He wrote and published the books "About

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Electricity Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described ...

" and "

Thermodynamics Thermodynamics is a branch of physics that deals with heat, work, and temperature, and their relation to energy, entropy, and the physical properties of matter and radiation. The behavior of these quantities is governed by the four laws of the ...

" and many collections of exercises. He was married to Helen Mpousiou and had two sons, Andonis who is 38 (Bachelor and Master in Finance from the University of London, England. Master in Educational Management from the Institute of Education, University of London, England) and Manolis who is 33 (Bachelor in Information Technology from the University of Sussex, England).

Trade-union and Political activities

He was: *Chairman of Students of Physics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. *A founding member of New Democracy,

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*General Secretary of the Management Committee of New Democracy (Thessaloniki Prefecture). *From 1998 to 2004 he was Chairman of the Management Committee of New Democracy (Thessaloniki Prefecture).

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*Member of the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats *Member of the

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* Committee on Regional Development (Substitute) *Member of the Delegation to the EU-

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Joint Parliamentary Committee Foreign Languages:

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Nikos Vakalis
* 1939 births Living people People from Thessaly New Democracy (Greece) MEPs MEPs for Greece 2004–2009 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki alumni {{Greece-MEP-stub