Nikos Androulakis

Nikos Androulakis (Greek: Νίκος Ανδρουλάκης; born 7 February 1979) is a Greek politician and president of the Movement for Change (KINAL) and the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) since 2021. In 2014 and in 2019 he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).

Nikos Androulakis
Νίκος Ανδρουλάκης
Member of the European Parliament
for Greece
Assumed office
2 July 2014
President of the Movement for Change (KINAL)
Assumed office
12 December 2021
Preceded byFofi Gennimata
President of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)
Assumed office
12 December 2021
Preceded byFofi Gennimata
Political secretary of Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)
In office
14 March 2013 – 19 July 2015
Personal details
Born (1979-02-07) 7 February 1979
Heraklion, Greece
NationalityGreek
Political partyKINAL
PASOK
Other political
affiliations		PES
S&D
Alma materDemocritus University of Thrace (BS, MS)
University of Athens
ProfessionCivil engineer, politician
Websiteandroulakisnikos.gr

Life

Born 1979 in Heraklion, Androulakis studied civil engineering at the Democritus University of Thrace, from where he also received a MSc in "New Materials and Environment".[1] He has worked in the tourism industry and as a civil engineer, he also gave courses in the School of Pedagogical and Technological Education.[2]

Political career

In 2001 Androulakis became a member of the Central Council of PASOK Youth and in 2008 he was appointed member of the National Council of PASOK. On 4 March 2013 he was elected member of the central political committee of PASOK,[3] which on its first session on 14 March 2013 elected him the new political secretary.[4]

Member of the European Parliament

In the 2014 European Parliament election, Androulakis was elected one of two MEPs on PASOK's Elia list. He affiliates with the parliamentary group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and is member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

In addition to his committee assignments, Androulakis is part of the parliament's delegation for relations with China.[5][6] He is also a member of the MEPs Against Cancer group.[7]

He won the race to lead the KINAL and PASOK over former Prime Minister George Papandreou on 12 December 2021 to succeed deceased Fofi Gennimata.[8]

References
  1. "Βιογραφικό".
  2. "Βιογραφικό".
  3. "PASOK's congress ends with new faces elected to party's central committee". Kathimerini. 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  4. "SYRIZA more popular, euro less so, says latest poll of Greeks". Kathimerini. 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  5. "Nikos Androulakis". European Parliament. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  6. "ANDROULAKIS Nikos | Socialists & Democrats". www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  7. MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature MEPs Against Cancer.
  8. Nikos Androulakis Elected New Leader of Greece’s Center-Left


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