Antonis Manitakis
{{Short description|Greek politician and jurist (born 1944)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Antonis Manitakis
|native_name = {{lang|el|Αντώνης Μανιτάκης}}
|image = Antonis Manitakis.png
|caption = Manitakis in 2017
|office = Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction
|primeminister = Vassiliki Thanou
|term_start = 28 August 2015
|term_end = 23 September 2015
|predecessor = Nikos Voutsis
|successor = Panagiotis Kouroumblis
|primeminister1 = Panagiotis Pikrammenos
|term_start1 = 17 May 2012
|term_end1 = 21 June 2012
{{small|Interior}}
|predecessor1 = Tasos Giannitsis
|successor1 = Evripidis Stylianidis
|office2 = Minister of Administrative Reform and e-Governance
|primeminister2 = Antonis Samaras
|term_start2 = 21 June 2012
|term_end2 = 25 June 2013
|predecessor2 = Pavlos Apostolidis
|successor2 = Kyriakos Mitsotakis
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|4|19|df=y}}
|birth_place = Thessaloniki, Greece
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Independent
|alma_mater = University of Thessaloniki
Free University of Brussels, French
|spouse = Klita Theodorou {{small|(1993–present)}}
|children = Nicolas
Evaggelos
|website = {{URL|manitakis.gr|Official website}}
}}
Antonis Manitakis ({{langx|el|Αντώνης Μανιτάκης}}: born 1944) is a Greek university professor and politician.[http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_21/06/2012_448374 A look at some of Greece's new ministers ] 25 May 2013 Administrative Reform Antonis Manitakis A constitutional lawyer who served in the caretaker government between the two elections under Prime Minister Panayiotis Pikrammenos, Antonis Manitakis received his PhD in Belgium and was appointed professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1982. After teaching constitutional law for 35 years, Manitakis was awarded for his contribution to academia by the Greek president in 2007. ...." 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 Thessaloniki.{{cite web|title=Minister of Interior|url=http://www.ypes.gr/en/Ministry/Political_Leadership/ministerManitakis/|publisher=Ministry of Interior|accessdate=7 July 2013}} He studied law at the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and received a doctor of law 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 Constitutional law seat.{{cite web|url=http://law-constitution.web.auth.gr/manitakis/cv/|title=Curriculum Vitae|work=Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki|publisher=Aristotle University of Thessaloniki|accessdate=25 May 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304004149/http://law-constitution.web.auth.gr/manitakis/cv/|url-status=dead}}
Academic career
During his academic career, he was the dean of the School of Law and Political Sciences, as well as a visiting scholar at the University of Montpellier (1987), the University of Paris X (1989), the University of Rome La Sapienza (1994) and the University of Nantes (2002). From 2004 to 2010, he taught European Constitutional Law at the University of Montpellier's Law School summer seminars.{{cite web|url=http://www.ekebi.gr/frontoffice/portal.asp?cpage=NODE&cnode=462&t=2328 |title=Μανιτάκης Αντώνης Ν. (1944 – ) |author= |date=10 September 2008 |publisher=National Book Centre of Greece |accessdate=24 May 2013|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130702040428/http://www.ekebi.gr/frontoffice/portal.asp?cpage=NODE&cnode=462&t=2328|archivedate=2 July 2013}}
In 2007, Manitakis was awarded with the award of exceptional university teaching by the President of Greece Karolos Papoulias. 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 the [http://www.nup.ac.cy 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.
References
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External links
- {{cite web|date= 28 August 2015 |publisher=gazzetta.gr | title= Greece's new caretaker government| access-date=6 September 2015| url= http://www.gazzetta.gr/plus/article/793194/greeces-new-caretaker-government}}
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Category:Aristotle University of Thessaloniki alumni
Category:Academic staff of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Category:Ministers of Administrative Reform and e-Governance of Greece
Category:Ministers of the interior of Greece