Nikos Voutsis ( el, Νίκος Βούτσης; born 4 March 1951) is a Greek politician and MP who served as the
Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction from January 2015 to August 2015, and as
President of the Hellenic Parliament from October 2015 to July 2019.
Early life and education
Voutsis was born in
Athens. He graduated from the
University of Athens and the
National Technical University of Athens with a degree in civil engineering.
Political career
Voutsis served as a regional councillor in Attica with the group "Attiki Cooperation –No to the Memorandum" from 2010 to 2012.
Voutsis was first elected as a
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule of the Hellenes, label=none), also known as the Parliament of the Hel ...
representing
Athens A in the
May 2012 legislative election, and was reelected in
June 2012 and
January 2015
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.
Re-elected in the
September 2015 elections, on 4 October 2015 he was elected as the new
Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament with 181 votes.
After SYRIZA's defeat in the
2019 Greek legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Greece on 7 July 2019. The elections were called by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on 26 May 2019 after the ruling Syriza party lost the European and local elections. They were the first national elections sin ...
, Voutsis' term as Parliament Speaker expired, and he was replaced by Kostas Tasoulas 18 July 2019.
Nevertheless, Voutsis was still elected as an MP for SYRIZA.
References
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1951 births
Greek MPs 2012 (May)
Greek MPs 2012–2014
Greek MPs 2015 (February–August)
Living people
Ministers of the Interior of Greece
National Technical University of Athens alumni
Politicians from Athens
Syriza politicians
Greek MPs 2015–2019
Speakers of the Hellenic Parliament
Greek MPs 2019–2023
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