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Ministry Of Environment And Energy (Greece)
The Ministry of the Environment and Energy () is a ministry (government department), government department of Greece responsible for environmental policy, environmental and energy policy. It was created on 7 October 2009 as the Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate Change to succeed the Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works. The incumbent minister is Theodoros Skylakakis of New Democracy (Greece), New Democracy. List of ministers Environment, energy and climate change (2009–2015) Productive reconstruction, the environment and energy (2015) Environment and energy (since September 2015) External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry of the Environment and Energy (Greece) Government ministries of Greece, Environment & Energy Lists of government ministers of Greece, Environment & Energy Government of Greece Environment ministries, Greece Energy ministries, Greece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of Greece
The coat of arms of Greece (, ) or national seal of Greece comprises a white Greek cross on a blue escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon, surrounded by two Bay laurel, laurel Laurel wreath, branches. It has been in use in its current form since 1975. Prior to the adoption of the current coat of arms, Greece used a number of different designs, some of which were not heraldry, heraldic; the first heraldic design was introduced in 1832 and its main element, the blue shield with the white cross, has been the base for all other national coats of arms since then. The design is a heraldic representation of the Flag of Greece#Adoption, Greek national flag adopted in 1822, which featured a white cross on a blue field. The proper heraldic description of the coat of arms is: . The Law regulating the coat of arms does not specify a tincture (heraldry), tincture for the laurel branches, implying ''Proper (heraldry), proper'' (or Vert (heraldry), vert, i.e. green). Official usage portrays the lau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evangelos Livieratos
Evangelos, Vangelis (, or, in polytonic orthography, ; from "good" + "messenger, angel") is a common Greek male name. The diminutive derived from the name Evangelos, is usually Vangelis. The female equivalent is Evangelía (). It is an ancient Greek name; in Greek mythology there are at least two personalities bearing the name. One was Pixodarus, a shepherd who discovered the marble from which the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus was built (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World), and was thereafter worshiped as a god named Evangelos, because he brought the good news. The second was the successor of the prophet Branchus to the shrine of Miletus, called Evangelos because he was the one announcing the good oracles; he was at the origin of a clan of prophets, the Evangelides. According to the ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'' (Harper, New York, 1884), Evangelus () was: 1. A Greek comic poet of the new comedy, a fragment of one of whose plays ie preserved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostas Skrekas
Kostas Skrekas (, born 14 March 1973) is a Greek civil engineer and politician of the New Democracy party who served as Minister of the Environment and Energy in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis from 2021 to 2023. Political career In the May 2012 elections, Skrekas was first elected a member of the parliament, representing Trikala, making him one of the youngest MPs at the time. From November 2014 to January 2015, Skrekas briefly served as Minister of Development and Competitiveness in the cabinet of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. Following the 2019 Greek legislative election, Skrekas became deputy of Minister of Rural Development and Food Makis Voridis, in charge of Common Agricultural Policy in the Mitsotakis government. After a reshuffle on 4 January 2021, he became the new Minister of Environment and Energy. In this capacity, he signed a revised $3.1 billion contract with Canada’s Eldorado Gold in February 2021, covering the company's Skouries, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostis Hatzidakis
Konstantinos (Kostis) Hatzidakis (; born 20 April 1965 in Rethymno) is a Greek politician who currently serves as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State in the Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He also serves as Vice President of New Democracy, alongside Adonis Georgiadis. He has previously served as a cabinet minister in numerous governments since 2007, with his portfolios including the infrastructure and transport, development, environment and energy, labor and national economy and finance ministries. Political career Hatzidakis was elected President of the Youth Organisation of New Democracy (ONNED), serving from 1992 to 1994. Member of the European Parliament, 1994–2007 Hatzidakis was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for New Democracy in the European elections of 1994, 1999 and 2004. During his time in parliament from 1994 until 2007, he served on the Committee on Regional Development. From 2004 until 2005. He was also a member of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgos Stathakis
Giorgos Stathakis (; born 8 November 1953) is a Greek politician and economist. From 27 January to 28 August 2015, he served as the Minister of Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism in the cabinet of Alexis Tsipras. He has also been a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Chania since May 2012. Stathakis is a professor of political economy at the University of Crete, but has been on leave since being elected as an MP. He was formerly a Vice-Rector of the university. Early life and education Stathakis graduated from the University of Athens in 1976 with degree in economics. He continued his studies, graduating in 1978 with a Master's degree in economics, and in 1983 with a Doctorate in economics, both from Newcastle University. His doctoral thesis was titled: "Industrial Development and the Regional Problem: The Case of Greece". Academic career Stathakis worked at the Mediterranean Studies Foundation from 1985 to 1986 and at the Computer Technology Institute in Patr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caretaker Cabinet Of Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou
The Caretaker Cabinet of Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou was formed following the resignation of the Syriza-ANEL coalition government on 20 August 2015, and the failure of opposition parties to form their own government. The cabinet was headed by Thanou-Christophilou, the President of the Court of Cassation, who was sworn in as prime minister on 27 August 2015, and the rest of the cabinet were sworn in the next day on 28 August. The cabinet remained in office until the completion of the legislative election on 20 September 2015. Background On 20 August 2015, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who was leading a Syriza- ANEL coalition government, resigned following a rebellion by party members on a key vote related to the third bailout package. Tsipras said that he needed a stronger mandate in order to implement the bailout package, and so called for a snap legislative election to take place in September. According to the Greek constitution, the President of Greece could not jus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ioannis Golias
Ioannis Golias () is a Greek academic and civil engineer who was the former Minister of Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy in the Caretaker Cabinet of Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou. He was also the Rector of the National Technical University of Athens. Education Golias received a diploma in civil engineering from the National Technical University of Athens in 1977, before completing a Master's degree in transportation from Imperial College London in 1978. He then completed a PhD in transportation from University College London in 1981. Academic career Golias is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece, the World Conference on Transport Research Society, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Greek Road Federation, the Association of Civil Engineers of Greece and the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers. From 1987 to 1991, Golias was a lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens The Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panos Skourletis
Panagiotis ("Panos") Skourletis (; born 1 January 1962 in Athens) is a Greek politician of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA). He served as the Minister of Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy from 18 July to 28 August 2015. From 27 January 2015 to 18 July 2015 he was the Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity. Biography Skourletis was born in Exarcheia, Athens, in 1962. He studied economics at the University of Piraeus, where he became active in the Rigas Feraios youth wing of the eurocommunist KKE Interior. In 1990, he joined Synaspismos, and subsequently followed that party into Syriza The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance (), best known by the syllabic abbreviation SYRIZA ( ; ; a pun on the Greek adverb , meaning "from the roots" or "radically"), is a Centre-left politics, centre-left to Left-wing politi .... He became party spokesman of Syriza in October 2009. References External links * , - , - 1962 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syriza
The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance (), best known by the syllabic abbreviation SYRIZA ( ; ; a pun on the Greek adverb , meaning "from the roots" or "radically"), is a Centre-left politics, centre-left to Left-wing politics, left-wing List of political parties in Greece, political party in Greece. It was founded in 2004 as a Parliamentary group, political coalition of left-wing and radical left parties, and registered as a political party in 2012. A Democratic socialism, democratic socialist, Progressivism, progressive party, Syriza holds a Pro-Europeanism, pro-European stance. Syriza also advocates for Alter-globalization, alter-globalisation, LGBT rights in Greece, LGBT rights, and secularism. In the past, SYRIZA was described as a typical Left-wing populism, left-wing populist party, but this was disputed after its government term and its recent opposition. Syriza is the third largest party in the Hellenic Parliament. Former party chairman Alexis Tsipr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
