Michalis Chrisochoidis (, born 31 October 1955 in Nisi, Imathia) is a

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politician and former member of the Hellenic Parliament for the

Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( el, Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellínio Sosialistikó Kínima, ), known mostly by its acronym PASOK, (; , ) is a social democracy, social-democratic List of political partie ...

(PASOK). He served as

Minister for Citizen Protection The Ministry of Citizen Protection ( el, Υπουργείο Προστασίας του Πολίτη) is the government department responsible for Greece's public security services, i.e. the Hellenic Police, the Hellenic Fire Service, Hellenic (C ...

(1999–2003, 2009–2010, 2012 and 2019–2021), Minister for the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping (2010), Minister for Regional Development and Competitiveness (2010–2011), Minister for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping (2011–2012) and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks (2013–2015).

Life

Michalis Chrisochoidis was born on 31 October 1955, in the village of Nisi near Alexandreia in Imathia,

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. He graduated from the Law School of the

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of phi ...

. He started practicing law as an attorney in

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in 1981. In 1974, Chrisochoidis joined PASOK. Ηe served as

prefect Prefect (from the Latin ''praefectus'', substantive adjectival form of ''praeficere'': "put in front", meaning in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition, but essentially refers to the leader of an administrative area. A prefect's ...

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prefecture from 1987 to 1989. From

June 1989 The following events occurred in June 1989: June 1, 1989 (Thursday) *Pope John Paul II began a 10-day trip to Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Sweden. He arrived in Norway on June 1 and left on June 3, visiting Oslo, Trondheim and Troms ...

until PASOK's electoral collapse due to the Greek government-debt crisis, he was elected to parliament at every

election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...

, initially for Imathia (1989–2004) and from 2007 for the Athens B constituency. He failed to be returned to parliament at the January 2015 election. Chrisochoidis was first appointed to government as the Deputy Minister for Trade (1994–1996). He subsequently served as Deputy Minister for Development (1996–1999), Minister for Public Order (1999–2003) and

(2009–2010). In September 2010, he was appointed Minister for Regional Development and Competitiveness. On 27 June 2011, the ministry merged with the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries to form the Ministry of Development, Competitiveness and Shipping. During his time at the Ministry of Public Order, the

Revolutionary Organization 17 November Revolutionary Organization 17 November ( el, Επαναστατική Οργάνωση 17 Νοέμβρη, ''Epanastatiki Organosi dekaefta Noemvri''), also known as 17N or the 17 November Group, was a Greek far-left Marxist–Leninist urban ...

, a major Greek urban guerrilla or terrorist group was dismantled in 2002, and six suspected members of

Revolutionary Struggle Revolutionary Struggle (EA; Greek: Επαναστατικός Αγώνας, ''Epanastatikos Agonas'') is a Greek anarchist, anti-imperialist, urban guerrilla group known for its attacks on Greek government buildings and the American embassy in ...

were arrested in 2010. In 1995, Chrisochoidis was appointed to the secretariat of the

Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists (PES) is a Social democracy, social democratic and Progressivism, progressive European political party. The PES comprises national-level political parties from all member states of the European Union (EU) plus ...

. On 9 July 2019, Chrisochoidis was appointed Minister for Citizen Protection in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis and was consequently expelled from PASOK and the Movement for Change.

References

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