Georgios Voulgarakis

Georgios Voulgarakis

Georgios Voulgarakis ( _gr. Γιώργος Βουλγαράκης) (born June 4, 1959 in Crete [http://www.parliament.gr/english/synthesh/mp.asp?MPID=438 Biography on Greek Parliament website] .] ) is a Greek politician and the former Minister for Mercantile Marine and Island Policy.

Voulgarakis is fluent in English and holds a PhD in economics from the University of Athens. He is a member of the New Democracy party. He has been elected to parliament from the Athens A constituency since the June 1989 parliamentary election and served as Deputy Minister for the Environment, Town Planning and Public Works from December 3 1992 to October 12 1993. He was Minister of Public Order in the government of Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis from March 10 2004 [ [http://www.hri.org/news/greek/ana/2004/04-03-11.ana.html#05 "New public order minister assumes his duties"] , Athens News Agency, (hri.org), March 11, 2004.] until a cabinet reshuffle on February 14 2006, when he was named Minister of Culture instead. This was considered a demotion in the wake of a phone-tapping scandal. [Kerin Hope, [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/fd07db96-9dc8-11da-b1c6-0000779e2340.html "New Greek foreign minister named"] , "Financial Times", February 15, 2006.] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4712746.stm "Athens mayor joins Greek cabinet"] , BBC News, February 14, 2006.]

On May 30, 2006, Voulgarakis survived an assassination attempt from the far-left Greek terrorist group Revolutionary Struggle. Over two pounds of explosives were strapped to a bicycle stationed near Voulgarakis’ residence and then detonated by remote control. No injuries resulted from the explosion, but four parked cars and a school building succumbed to damage.

Following New Democracy's victory in the September 2007 parliamentary election, Voulgarakis was moved from his position as Minister for Culture to become Minister of Mercantile Marine and Island Policy in the Cabinet sworn in on September 19 2007. [ [http://www.hri.org/news/greek/apeen/2007/07-09-18_1.apeen.html "New Greek government announced"] , ANA (hri.org), September 18, 2007.] [ [http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100008_19/09/2007_87968 "New faces and trusted aides are unveiled in Karamanlis’s Cabinet"] , ANA (ekathimerini.com), September 19, 2007.] On September 12, 2008, Voulgarakis resigned from his position in the Government due to multiple political scandals, according to some politically oposed to Georgios Voulgarakis journalists and not yet proven by justice. Kostas Karamanlis, the Prime Minister, decided to give the portfolio of the Ministry to Anastasios Papaligouras, a former Minister.

References

External links

* [http://www.voulgarakis.gr/ Personal website]
* [http://www.parliament.gr/english/synthesh/mp.asp?MPID=438 Biography on Greek Parliament website]


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