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notismarias.gr
} Epaminóndas "Nótis" Mariás ( gr, Επαμεινώνδας (Νότης) Μαριάς; born 5 April 1957) is a

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political scientist, politician, and

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

(MEP). He is a former member of the Independent Greeks and sits in the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the European Parliament, of which he is one of the three Vice-Chairmen. Marias was elected to the Hellenic Parliament at the May 2012 election, representing

Heraklion Heraklion or Iraklion ( ; el, Ηράκλειο, , ) is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in Greece with a population of 211,370 (Urban Ar ...

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. He was re-elected

a month later A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes' ...

, again representing Heraklion. Marias was elected to the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

at the 2014 election, at which the Independent Greeks won 3.5% of the vote: entitling them to one MEP. Before his election to Parliament, Marias was a Professor in the Department of Economics at the

University of Crete The University of Crete (UoC; Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης) is a multi-disciplinary, research-oriented institution in Crete, Greece, located in the cities of Rethymno (official seat) and Heraklion, and one of the country's most aca ...

. He holds a BA in Law from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, an LL.M in Law from the

, and a Ph.D in Political and Social Sciences from

External links

Official Website of Notis Marias

University of Crete faculty biography of Notis Marias
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European Conservatives and Reformists MEPs MEPs for Greece 2014–2019 Greek political scientists National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni Alumni of the London School of Economics Panteion University alumni 1957 births Living people Politicians from Thessaloniki Academic staff of the University of Crete Greek MPs 2012 (May) Greek MPs 2012–2014 Greek legal scholars {{Greece-MEP-stub