Dimitris Reppas

Dimitris Reppas MP
Minister for Administrative Reform
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 June 2011
President	Karolos Papoulias
Prime Minister	George Papandreou
Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks
In office 7 October 2009 – 17 June 2011
President	Karolos Papoulias
Prime Minister	George Papandreou
Personal details
Born	1952 Trikala, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Political party	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Alma mater	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Profession	Politician
Religion	Greek Orthodoxy

Dimitris Reppas (Greek: Δημήτρης Ρέππας, born in 1952 in Tripoli, Greece) is a Greek politician of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and the first and current Minister for Administrative Reform of Greece.

Life

Dimitris Reppas was born in 1952 in Tripoli, Greece. He graduated from the School of Dentistry of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and is a member of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement since 1974.

In 1975, he was elected as president of the students union of the Dental School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and as a member of the National Students Union, in the first elections after the end of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. From 1976 until 1981, he was the Deputy Secretary of the PASOK youth wing.

He was elected as a member of the Hellenic Parliament for the first time in 1981, as a member of Parliament for the prefecture of Arcadia. In 1984, he was elected as a member of the PASOK Central Committee. In 1993, he was a member of the Presidency of PASOK's Parliamentary Group.

In January 1996, he was appointed as Minister for Press and Public Transport as well as the Government Spokesman, a post that he held until 2001.

In October 2001, he was elected as a member of the Executive Office of the PASOK Central Committee. In 24 October 2001, he was appointed as Minister for Employment and Social Security, a position that he held until the elections of March 2004. With PASOK's return to power after the October 2009 elections, Reppas was appointed as the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks.

Dimitris Reppas is fluent in english.^{[citation needed]} He is married with two children.

Publications

• Face to Face with the Media

References

• Biography of Dimitris Reppas (Greek) - (English)

Political offices
Preceded by Evripidis Stylianidis (as Minister for Transport and Communications)	Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks 7 October 2009 – 17 June 2011	Succeeded by Giannis Ragousis
New title	Minister for Administrative Reform since 17 June 2011	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Reppas, Dimitris
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1952
Place of birth	Trikala, Greece
Date of death
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