Georgios Babiniotis ( el, Γεώργιος Μπαμπινιώτης; born 6 January 1939) is a Greek

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and

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined ...

and former Minister of Education and Religious Affairs of

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. He previously served as rector of

Athens University The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

. As a linguist, he is best known as the author of a '' Dictionary of Modern Greek'' (Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας), which was published in 1998.

Biography

He was born in

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, in 1939. He graduated from the 9th Boys' Gymnasium of Athens and then he studied philology at the School of Philosophy of the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

. In 1962 he earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Athens and he continued his studies in Greece and

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. Before his 35th birthday, he became a

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of linguistics at the Department of Philology of the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens. In 1991 he was elected president of the Philology Section of the Philosophy School and in 2000 he was elected

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of Athens University, a position he held until 2006. He is also president of the Arsakeio-Tositseio Schools Educationalist Society (Φιλεκπαιδευτική Εταιρεία Αρσακείων-Τοσιτσείων Σχολείων), president of the management council of the Greek Civilization Foundation (Ίδρυμα Ελληνικού Πολιτισμού) and president of the Athens Linguistics Society (Γλωσσική Εταιρεία των Αθηνών). In 2009 he was assigned manager of the Council of Primary and Secondary Education (Συμβούλιο Πρωτοβάθμιας και Δευτεροβάθμιας Εκπαίδευσης) and he works on the changes of the examinations system in Greek secondary schools (

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s) that allow students to undertake tertiary education. He frequently writes articles for the daily newspaper ''

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'' and was also scientific advisor for the Greek public television stations. He manages the Lexicology Centre (Κέντρο Λεξικολογίας) which in 1998 published the ''Dictionary of Modern Greek'' (Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας), which has also come to be known as the " Babiniotis dictionary". On 7 March 2012, he was appointed Minister of National Education and Religious Affairs in the coalition cabinet of Prime Minister Lucas Papademos, a post which he held until 17 May 2012.

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Personal websiteBiography in Greek
from the National Book Centre.
Lexicology Centre
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