Nicholas Papapolitis Senior () (1915–1993), was a Greek

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and professor of the

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. Papapolitis was professor of commercial and shipping law, an international lawyer, and author of many legal books. He served as a legal advisor to a number of Greek governments and prime ministers on such major issues as Greece's entry into

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and the

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. Ηe was also a member of the legal team that drafted Greece's new constitution in 1974. From 1974 to 1981, he was a member of the

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, heading many parliamentary committees which drafted several acts of major importance. Papapolitis practised law in

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from 1946 to 1950 and, upon his return to Greece in 1950, he headed the law offices of Papapolitis & Papapolitis. He was the father of John Papapolitis and the grandfather of Nicholas Papapolitis, the current Managing Partner of Papapolitis & Papapolitis and Chairman of the Ever Excel Group.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Papapolitis, Nicholas 1915 births 1993 deaths Greek MPs 1974–1977 Greek MPs 1977–1981 New Democracy (Greece) politicians People from Fethiye Greek expatriates in the United States