Giorgos Gerapetritis
Γιώργος Γεραπετρίτης
Gerapetritis in 2023
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
27 June 2023
Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded byVasilis Kaskarelis (acting)
Minister of State
In office
9 July 2019 – 26 May 2023
Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded byDimitris Tzanakopoulos
Christoforos Vernardakis
Succeeded byVassilios Skouris (acting)
Minister of Infrastructure and Transport
De Facto
In office
1 March 2023 – 26 May 2023
Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded byKostas Karamanlis
Succeeded byIoannis Golias (acting)
Personal details
Born (1967-06-26) 26 June 1967
Karpathos, Greece
Political partyNew Democracy
Alma materNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens (LLB)
University of Edinburgh (LLM)
University of Oxford (DPhil)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • professor
  • lawyer

Giorgos Gerapetritis (Greek: Γιώργος Γεραπετρίτης; born 26 June 1967) is a Greek politician, professor and lawyer serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic since June 2023.

He previously served as Minister of State from 2019 to 2023 and as Minister of Infrastructure and Transport from March to May 2023.[1]

Early life and education

Gerapetritis was born in Karpathos on 26 June 1967 and grew up in Piraeus. He graduated from the Ionideios Model High School of Piraeus in 1985.

Gerapetritis studied at the law school of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and graduated with his law degree in 1989. Earned his master degree in public law at the University of Edinburgh and his doctorate in law from the University of Oxford in 1995.[2][1][3]

Political career

In the 2019 Greek legislative election, he was elected as a member of parliament. On 9 July 2019, he was appointed Minister of State under Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. On 1 March 2023, after the resignation of Kostas Karamanlis following the Tempi train crash, he became the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport. He became Minister of Foreign Affairs on 27 June 2023.[1][4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Minister". mfa. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Γιώργος Γεραπετρίτης: Αυτός είναι ο νέος υπουργός Επικρατείας". NewsIT (in Greek). 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  3. ↑ "Γεώργιος Γεραπετρίτης". Νομική Σχολή (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  4. ↑ Newsroom (2023-03-01). "Τραγωδία στα Τέμπη: Ο Γιώργος Γεραπετρίτης αναλαμβάνει το υπουργείο Μεταφορών". Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  5. ↑ Νασόπουλος, Διονύσης (2019-09-09). "Νέος πολιτικός κύκλος". in.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
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