Vyron Polydoras ( el, Βύρων Πολύδωρας, ; born 27 January 1947 in Perivolia,

Elis Elis or Ilia ( el, Ηλεία, ''Ileia'') is a historic region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is administered as a regional unit of the modern region of Western Greece. Its capital is Pyrgos. Until 2011 it was ...

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) is a Greek politician who was the Minister for Public Order and Justice of Greece from 2006 to 2007 in the

first Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis Kostas Karamanlis served as a Prime Minister of Greece for two consecutive terms. During his incumbency, the period 2004-2009, he formed two cabinets. The first Karamanlis Cabinet succeeded the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) cabinet of ...

. He is a member of the

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party and belongs to the center-right group of this party. He has a degree in law in the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

. He has studied

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

with a

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ship in the United States. He has studied

international law International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards generally recognized as binding between states. It establishes normative guidelines and a common conceptual framework for ...

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. He has also studied

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in the

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. He has studied

international economics International economics is concerned with the effects upon economic activity from international differences in productive resources and consumer preferences and the international institutions that affect them. It seeks to explain the patterns and ...

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. He has also written more than 34 books of political, sociological and innovating content. He has been rewarded in 1998 by the ''Greek Association of Literature Interpreters'' for his work on

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. in 2002 for his book ''The Greater Athens'' ( el, Η Μείζων Αθήνα). His latest new book ''For a New Ideology'' (2008) Polydoras was not included in the

second Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis Kostas Karamanlis served as a Prime Minister of Greece for two consecutive terms. During his incumbency, the period 2004-2009, he formed two cabinets. The second Kostas Karamanlis cabinet was formed after the 2007 elections and was succeeded by ...

sworn in on 19 September 2007,"New faces and trusted aides are unveiled in Karamanlis’s Cabinet"
ANA (ekathimerini.com), September 19, 2007. while the Ministry of Public Order was merged into the

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. He served as fourth vice-speaker of the

Hellenic Parliament The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule (ancient Greece), Boule of the Greeks, Hellenes, label=none), also kno ...

in 2009–2012, and as Speaker for the

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that resulted from the May 2012 elections. In 2012 his party appointed him a member of the Special Permanent Committee on Institutions and Transparency. When soon August 2012 reports surfaced that Polydoras, who held the position of speaker of the parliament for just a single day, hired his daughter, Margarita, and made her a permanent employee in his office. This incident sparked uproar and anger among the general population. Following the incident, he was expelled from his party's parliamentary faction, but refused to give up his seat on the Institutions and Transparency committee. In 2014, he founded the party

Union for the Homeland and the People Union for the Homeland and the People ( el, Ένωση για την Πατρίδα και τον Λαό) was a minor Greek political party that formed in order to take part in 2014 European Parliament Elections. The party was founded by Vyron Po ...

in order to take part in 2014 European Parliament Elections.

References

External links

Hellenic Parliament Website

Personal website
(In Greek) * http://polydoras.freeservers.com/ (In Greek) , - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Polydoras, Byron 1947 births Living people Politicians from Elis New Democracy (Greece) politicians Greek MPs 1981–1985 Greek MPs 1985–1989 Greek MPs 1989 (June–November) Greek MPs 1989–1990 Greek MPs 1990–1993 Greek MPs 1993–1996 Greek MPs 1996–2000 Greek MPs 2000–2004 Greek MPs 2004–2007 Greek MPs 2007–2009 Greek MPs 2009–2012 Speakers of the Hellenic Parliament Greek MPs 2012 (May) Greek MPs 2012–2014 Ministers of Public Order of Greece People from Elis