Michalis Chrisochoidis (, born 31 October 1955) is a

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politician and

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of the

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for the

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constituency with

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. He currently serves as Minister for Citizen Protection in the Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He previously served in the same role on four separate occasions (1999–2003, 2009–2010, 2012 and 2019–2021), as a member of

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and an

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. He has also served as Minister for the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping (2010), Minister for Regional Development and Competitiveness (2010–2011), Minister for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping (2011–2012), Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks (2013–2015) and

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(2023–2024).

Life

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

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. He graduated from the Law School of the

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. He started practicing law as an attorney in

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

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prefecture from 1987 to 1989. From June 1989 until PASOK's electoral collapse due to the

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, he was elected to parliament at every

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, initially for Imathia (1989–2004) and from 2007 for the

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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 Minister for Citizen Protection (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 (, ''Epanastatiki Organosi dekaefta Noemvri''), also known as 17N or the 17 November Group, was a Greek Marxist–Leninist urban guerrilla organization. Formed in 1975 and led by Alexandros Giotopoulos, 1 ...

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

Revolutionary Struggle Revolutionary Struggle (Greek: Επαναστατικός Αγώνας (ΕΑ), ''Epanastatikos Agonas''), abbreviated EA (ΕΑ), was a Greek anarchist, anti-imperialist, urban guerrilla group known for its attacks on Greek government buildings ...

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

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. 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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chrisochoidis, Michalis 1955 births Aristotle University of Thessaloniki alumni Government ministers of Greece Greek MPs 1989 (June–November) Greek MPs 1989–1990 Greek MPs 1990–1993 Greek MPs 1993–1996 Greek MPs 1996–2000 Greek MPs 2000–2004 Greek MPs 2004–2007 Greek MPs 2007–2009 Greek MPs 2009–2012 Greek MPs 2012 (May) Greek MPs 2012–2014 Living people Ministers of public order of Greece PASOK politicians People from Alexandreia, Greece Greek MPs 2023–