Nikos Androulakis

Nikos Androulakis
Νίκος Ανδρουλάκης
Androulakis in 2021
Leader of the Opposition
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 November 2024
Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded byNikos Pappas
President of PASOK – KINAL
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 December 2021
Preceded byFofi Gennimata
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 May 2023
ConstituencyThessaloniki A
Secretary of the Central Political Committee of PASOK
In office
14 March 2013 – 19 July 2015
PresidentEvangelos Venizelos
Preceded byParis Koukoulopoulos
Succeeded byStefanos Jelakakis
Member of the European Parliament
In office
2 July 2014 – 2 May 2023
ConstituencyGreece
Personal details
Born (1979-02-07) 7 February 1979 (age 45)
Heraklion, Greece
Political partyPASOK – KINAL
Alma materDemocritus University of Thrace (BS, MS)
University of Athens
Profession
  • Politician
  • Civil engineer
Websiteandroulakisnikos.gr
This article is part of a series about
Nikos Androulakis
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  • MEP (2014–2023)
  • President of PASOK-KINAL (2021–present)
  • President of PASOK-KINAL

Nikos Androulakis (Greek: Νίκος Ανδρουλάκης; born 7 February 1979) is a Greek politician who serves as president of the PASOK – Movement for Change since 2021. He served also as Member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2023.

He was elected as member of the Hellenic Parliament after the May 2023 Greek legislative election serving the constituency of Thessaloniki A.[1]

Early life and career

Born 1979 in Heraklion, Androulakis graduated from the 3rd High School of Heraklion and then studied civil engineering at the Democritus University of Thrace, from where he also received a MSc in "New Materials and Environment".[2] He has worked in the tourism industry and as a civil engineer, he also gave courses in the School of Pedagogical and Technological Education.[3]

Political career

Career in national politics

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,[4] which on its first session on 14 March 2013 elected him as its new secretary.[5]

Member of the European Parliament, (2014–2023)

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

In addition to his committee assignments, Androulakis was part of the parliament's delegation for relations with China.[6][7] He was also a member of the MEPs Against Cancer group.[8]

Androulakis won the race to lead KINAL and PASOK over former Prime Minister George Papandreou on 12 December 2021 to succeed deceased Fofi Gennimata.[9]

Attempt of wiretapping Androulakis

In June 2022, experts notified Androulakis that, in September 2021, weeks after declaring that he would be a candidate to possibly lead PASOK, he had received a text message with a link that would have installed the spyware, Predator, had he tapped on the link on his phone.[10] Shortly after, he filed a complaint with Greece's Supreme Court,[11] over an attempted bugging of his mobile phone with surveillance software.[12] The ensuing scandal led to the resignations of the chief of the Greek National Intelligence Service (EYP), Panagiotis Kontoleon, as well as the Secretary General and nephew of the Prime Minister, Grigoris Dimitriadis.[13]

Stagnation and proceeding leadership election

After the stagnation of PASOK – KINAL in the 2024 European Parliament elections and the failure to become the official opposition to Mitsotakis' New Democracy, several members of his party, including former Minister for Culture and Tourism Pavlos Geroulanos and current Mayor of Athens Haris Doukas, along with others, set their goals on competing for leadership in the 2024 PASOK – KINAL leadership election taking place on 6 October 2024.[14][15][16][17]

References

  1. ^ "Νίκος Ανδρουλάκης: 'Όχι' επί της αρχής στο νομοσχέδιο, 'ναι' στα άρθρα που 'στηρίζουν τους πιο ευάλωτους'". The TOC (in Greek). 2023-07-26. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  2. ^ "Βιογραφικό".
  3. ^ "Βιογραφικό".
  4. ^ "PASOK's congress ends with new faces elected to party's central committee". Kathimerini. 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  5. ^ "SYRIZA more popular, euro less so, says latest poll of Greeks". Kathimerini. 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  6. ^ "Nikos Androulakis". European Parliament. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  7. ^ "ANDROULAKIS Nikos | Socialists & Democrats". www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  8. ^ MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature MEPs Against Cancer.
  9. ^ Nikos Androulakis Elected New Leader of Greece’s Center-Left
  10. ^ Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Monika Pronczuk (27 July 2022), Senior European Parliament Member Targeted as Spyware Abuse Spreads New York Times.
  11. ^ "PM defends workings of EYP, opposition asks him to resign". eKathimerini. 2022-08-26.
  12. ^ George Georgiopoulos (26 July 2022), Greek socialist leader files complaint over attempted phone bugging Reuters.
  13. ^ (5 August 2022), Greek intelligence service boss quits amid wiretapping allegations Reuters.
  14. ^ "ΠΑΣΟΚ: Ξεκίνησαν τον προεκλογικό αγώνα οι υποψήφιοι αρχηγοί – Τα διλήμματα πριν από την εσωκομματική κάλπη". topontiki.gr (in Greek). 23 June 2024
  15. ^ "Ο χάρτης των ευρωεκλογών: Οι επιδόσεις της ΝΔ ανά περιφέρεια, η ήττα των Κασσελίστας και το στάσιμο ΠΑΣΟΚ" protothema.gr (in Greek). 10 June 2024
  16. ^ "Ο Παύλος Γερουλάνος από Αργοστόλι δηλώνει παρών στην διαδικασία εκλογής προέδρου του ΠΑΣΟΚ" kefaloniapress.gr (in Greek) 16 June 2024
  17. ^ "Ο Δούκας θα παραμείνει δήμαρχος αν εκλεγεί πρόεδρος του ΠΑΣΟΚ" Reporter.gr (in Greek) 24 June 2024
Political offices
Preceded by Leader of the Opposition
2024-present 		Incumbent
Order of precedence
Party political offices
Preceded by President of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement
2021–present 		Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded byas President of Syriza Order of precedence of Greece
President of the PASOK – KINAL 		Succeeded byas General Secretary of the Communist Party


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