Miltiadis Varvitsiotis

Miltiadis Varvitsiotis (Greek: Μιλτιάδης Βαρβιτσιώτης, Miltiádis Varvitsiótis; born June 21, 1969) is a Greek politician and attorney, serving as Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs for European Affairs in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, since July 9, 2019.[1] A member of the New Democracy, he is a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens B2 (West Suburbs).[2]

Miltiadis Varvitsiotis
Μιλτιάδης Βαρβιτσιώτης
MP
Alternate Minister for European Affairs
Assumed office
July 9, 2019
Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded bySia Anagnostopoulou
Minister for Shipping and Aegean
In office
June 25, 2013 – January 27, 2015
Prime MinisterAntonis Samaras
Preceded byKostis Moussouroulis
Succeeded byGiorgos Stathakis
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
October 7, 2009 – January 7, 2009
Prime MinisterKostas Karamanlis
MinisterDora Bakoyannis
Personal details
Born (1969-06-21) 21 June 1969
Glyfada, Athens, Greece
Political partyNew Democracy
Alma materNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens (LLB)
Harvard University (MA)

He previously served as Minister of Shipping and the Aegean (2013–2015) in the Cabinet of Antonis Samaras, and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (2009) in the Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis II.[3][4]

Early life and career

Miltiadis Varvitsiotis was born in Glyfada, Attica on June 21, 1969.[5] He is son of former Minister Ioannis Varvitsiotis. In 1987, he graduated from Athens College. He studied Athens Law School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and earned a law degree in 1994. From 1994 to 1996, he attended Harvard Extension School, where he earned a master in International Relations, in 1996.[6] He speaks English, French and Italian.

When he returned to Greece, worked as attorney.

Politics

His political activity began at the Youth Organization of New Democracy. He was elected as member of the Hellenic Parliament on the New Democracy ticket in the Athens B constituency in the elections of 2000, 2004, 2007, 2009, May and June 2012, and January and September 2015. In the July 2019 election, he was elected MP for the Athens B2 (West) constituency.

Cabinet positions

Varvitsiotis, served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Economic Diplomacy and Development Assistance, from January to October 2009, in the Second Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis. He also served as Minister for Shipping, Maritime Affairs and the Aegean, from June 2013 to January 2015, in the Cabinet of Antonis Samaras. From July 2019, serving as Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.[7]

References
  1. "Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs - The Alternate Ministers for Foreign Affairs". www.mfa.gr. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  2. "CVs". www.hellenicparliament.gr. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  3. "Bio – Μιλτιάδης Βαρβιτσιώτης". Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  4. "BIO – Μιλτιάδης Βαρβιτσιώτης". Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  5. "Βαρβιτσιώτης Μιλτιάδης". vouliwatch - Δυναμώνουμε τη Δημοκρατία. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  6. https://www.linkedin.com/in/miltiadis-varvitsiotis-976918243/details/experience/
  7. "Miltiadis Varvitsiotis | euroarabsummit.com". euroarabsummit.com. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
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