Alternate
Minister of Health
Member
of Parliament
Personal
Info
Place
AND Date οf
Birth:
Born
in Spartia, Lakonia, on 22-07-1953.
Marital
Status:
Married
to Sofia Andritsopoulou and has two daughters.
Profession:
M.D.
Studies:
Medicine,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; doctorate from the University
of Athens; specialised in the USA.
Foreign
Languages:
English.
Ministerial Mandate
Alternate Minister of Health since 10th of June 2014
He has also previously served as Alternate Minister of Interior (24 June 2013 - 10 June 2014)
Parliamentary Activities
Alternate Minister of Health since 10th of June 2014
He has also previously served as Alternate Minister of Interior (24 June 2013 - 10 June 2014)
Parliamentary Activities
Elected
MP (PASOK) for Lakonia in the general elections of 2000, 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2012 (May 6th and June 17th).
Member of the Standing Committees on Social Affairs, and on Public Administration, Public Order and Justice.
Member of the Standing Committees on Social Affairs, and on Public Administration, Public Order and Justice.
Political/Social
Activities
Practising
Pneumonologist and Intensive Care Specialist in the National Health
System having studied for his specialisation in the USA. Director of
the Intensive Care Unit of the KAT hospital in Kifisia since August
1996. Elected Alternate Professor of Pneumonology and Intensive Care
in the Medical Care Department of the University of Athens since
2001. Published over 400 papers in medical journals in Greece and
abroad and has made a similar number of presentations at conferences
in Greece and internationally. He has also written three books on
medicine. Member of many committees and working groups within the
National Health System (ESY) and ministerial advisory groups. Board
member of the Pneumonological Society and the Society for Healthcare
Studies for several terms. Served as alternate Director of the
National Centre for First Aid (EKAB), vice-president of the Elpis
Hospital, President the Agia Olga Hospital, and President of the
Elena Venizelou Hospital between 1981 and his election to Parliament
in 2000. Member of PASOK since 1974 and elected to various offices
within the party structure. Highly active trade unionist: Chairman of
the Employees’ Association of the Sotiria Hospital for a four-year
term; member of the three–member secretariat of the Hospital
Employees Section; alternate secretary of the Hospital Employee
Section; founding member of the Federation of Employees in General
Hospitals; and elected representative of the Panhellenic Association
of Public Hospital Employees. Member of the Disciplinary Council of
the Athens Medical Association; member of the PASOK Social Policy
Section; member of the Medical Training and Specialisation Committee
of the Central Health Council; and member of the Committee on
Intensive Care Units. He is also the main speaker on Foreign Affairs
debated and decided on within the PASOK Parliamentary Work Group on
National Defence and Foreign Affairs.
Sparti in Spring
(Mount Taygetus seen from Sparti)
(Mount Taygetus seen from Sparti)
