Nicholas Papapolitis (Greek: Νικόλας Παπαπολίτης) (19151993), was a Greek politician and professor of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Papapolitis was professor of commercial and shipping law, an international lawyer, and author of many legal books. He served as a legal advisor to a number of Greek governments and prime ministers on such major issues as Greece's entry into NATO and the EEC. Ηe was also a member of the legal team that drafted Greece's new constitution in 1974. From 1974 to 1981, he was a member of the Greek Parliament, heading many parliamentary committees which drafted several acts of major importance.[1]

Papapolitis practised law in New York City from 1946 to 1950 and, upon his return to Greece in 1950, he headed the law offices of Papapolitis & Papapolitis.


References

  1. "Term of Office of MPs from 1974 until Today". www.hellenicparliament.gr. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
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