Georgios Babiniotis (, ; 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 strong ties to etymology. Philology is also defined as the study of ...

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; , ''Ethnikó kai Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the University of Athens (UoA), is a public university in Athens, Greece, with various campuses alo ...

. 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; , ''Ethnikó kai Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the University of Athens (UoA), is a public university in Athens, Greece, with various campuses alo ...

. 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 rector 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 Lucas Demetrios Papademos (; born 11 October 1947) is a Greek economist and academic who served as Prime Minister of Greece from November 2011 to May 2012, leading a national unity government in the wake of the Greek government debt crisis, Greek ...

, a post which he held until 17 May 2012.

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Personal websiteBiography in Greek
from the National Book Centre.
Lexicology Centre
1939 births Living people Politicians from Athens Linguists from Greece Greek lexicographers Greek philologists Academic staff of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Heads of universities and colleges in Greece Ministers of national education and religious affairs of Greece {{Greece-writer-stub Rectors of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Biography

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