Panos Panagiotopoulos

Panos Panagiotopoulos (Greek: Πάνος Παναγιωτόπουλος; born 11 December 1957) is a Greek politician of the New Democracy party.

Panos Panagiotopoulos Πάνος Παναγιωτόπουλος
Minister for Culture and Sport
In office 25 June 2013 – 10 June 2014
Prime Minister	Antonis Samaras
Preceded by	Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos (Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sport)
Succeeded by	Konstantinos Tasoulas
Minister for National Defence
In office 21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013
Prime Minister	Antonis Samaras
Preceded by	Frangoulis Frangos
Succeeded by	Dimitris Avramopoulos
Minister for Employment and Social Protection
In office 10 March 2004 – 15 February 2006
Prime Minister	Kostas Karamanlis
Preceded by	Dimitris Reppas
Succeeded by	Savvas Tsitouridis
Personal details
Born	(1957-12-11) 11 December 1957 (age 67) Athens, Greece
Political party	New Democracy
Spouse	Maouzi Tsaldari
Children	1
Alma mater	University of Athens Paris 8 University

Panagiotopoulos was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 to 2009. He was the spokesman for the Hellenic Government (2007) as well as for New Democracy party (November 2009 – January 2011). He also served as the Minister of Employment and Social Protection in Kostas Karamanlis's 2004 cabinet. He has served as Minister for Culture and Sport from June 2013 to June 2014 and as Minister for Defence from June 2012 to June 2013.

Biography

Panagiotopoulos was born in Athens in 1957. He originated from Arcadia and Evrytania. He served his military service in the Hellenic Air Force^[1] from 1978 to 1980. He studied civil engineering in National Technical University of Athens and law in National and Kapodistrian University of Athens as well as in University of Vincennes in Saint-Denis. He is also a graduate of the French Institute of Athens [fr]. He currently resides in Athens. He is fluent in English and French.He was married to Maouzi Tsaldari and he has a son.^[2]