Antonis Manitakis (: born 1944) is a

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and

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. He was a Minister of administrative reform and e-governance (2012/2013) and a former interim Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction, having served in 2012 and 2015.

Early life and education

Manitakis was born on 19 April 1944 in

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. He studied

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at the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and received a

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from the University of Brussels. Afterwards, he was elected as a professor at the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Antonis Manitakis was a student of Aristovoulos Manesis, whom he succeeded at the

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seat.

Academic career

During his academic career, he was the dean of the School of Law and Political Sciences, as well as a

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at the

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(1987), the University of Paris X (1989), the

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(1994) and the

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(2002). From 2004 to 2010, he taught European Constitutional Law at the

's Law School summer seminars. In 2007, Manitakis was awarded with the award of exceptional university teaching by the

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. He served as a deputy chairman of the National Council of Radio and Television (1997–1999). Since April 2014, he is the Dean of the School of Law in th
Neapolis University in Cyprus

Political career

In May 2012, Manitakis was appointed interim minister of interior to the Caretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos. On 21 June, after a suggestion made by the Democratic Left, it was announced that he would participate at the Government of Antonis Samaras as the minister of administrative reform and e-governance.

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