Manousos Voloudakis

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Manousos Voloudakis
{{small|Μανούσος Βολουδάκης}}

| honorific-suffix = MP

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| caption =

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| office = Secretary General of Trade at the Ministry of Development

| primeminister1 = Kostas Karamanlis

| term_start1 = 2005

| term_end1 = 2006

| predecessor1 =

| successor1 =

| office2 = Deputy Minister of Administrative Reform and e-Governance

| primeminister2 = Antonis Samaras

| alongside2 =

| term_start2 = June 2012

| term_end2 = 25 June 2013

| predecessor2 =

| successor2 = Evi Christofilopoulou

| birth_date = {{birth date|1966|12|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Athens, Greece

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|2|8|1966|12|16|df=y}}

| death_place = Athens, Greece

| resting_place = Saint Luke Cemetery, Chania

| nationality = Greek

| party = New Democracy (Greece)

| spouse = Sevi Voloudaki

| children = 3

| alma_mater = National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
University of Sussex

| profession = Politician

| website = {{url|http://www.voloudakis.gr/}}

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Manousos-Konstantinos Voloudakis ({{langx|el|Μανούσος-Κωνσταντίνος Βολουδάκης}}; 16 December 1966 – 8 February 2023) was a Greek politician who was a Member of the Hellenic Parliament. He was elected MP of the regional unit of Chania, Crete with New Democracy in the 2019 Greek legislative election.{{Cite web |title=Conservative MP Voloudakis dies aged 56 |url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1204257/conservative-mp-voloudakis-dies-aged-56/ |access-date=9 February 2023 |website=www.ekathimerini.com |language=English}}{{Cite web |last=Πολύζου |first=Κατερίνα |date=8 February 2023 |title=Θλίψη στα Χανιά: Έφυγε από τη ζωή ο βουλευτής της Ν.Δ. Μ. Βολουδάκης |url=https://www.ertnews.gr/perifereiakoi-stathmoi/chania/thlipsi-sta-xania-efyge-apo-ti-zoi-o-vouleytis-tis-n-d-m-voloudakis/ |access-date=9 February 2023 |website=ertnews.gr |language=el}}

Early life and education

Voloudakis was born on 16 December 1966 in Athens to a family originally from Sfakia, Crete.{{Cite web |date=9 February 2023 |title=Μανούσος Βολουδάκης: Μόλις 57 ετών ο Χανιώτης βουλευτής που "έφυγε" από καρκίνο - Η πολιτική και η τελευταία του εμφάνιση |url=https://www.neakriti.gr/article/kriti/1701877/manousos-voloudakis-molis-57-eton-o-haniotis-vouleutis-pou-efuge-apo-karkino-i-politiki-kai-i-teleutaia-tou-emfanisi/ |access-date=9 February 2023 |website=Νέα Κρήτη |language=el}} He had an Economics degree which he received from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. After his graduation, he entered the University of Sussex in England where he obtained a postgraduate degree in Political Economy.{{Cite web |date=8 February 2023 |title=Πέθανε ο βουλευτής Χανίων της ΝΔ Μανούσος Βολουδάκης |url=https://www.protothema.gr/politics/article/1337682/pethane-o-vouleutis-tis-nd-manousos-voloudakis/ |access-date=9 February 2023 |website=ProtoThema |language=el}}

Before becoming a politician, he worked in the private sector, successively in the companies RUSVAR HOLDINGS BV, (1993-1996), in Metaxa Distillery SA. (1996-1997) and at ELVAL S.A. (1997-2004), where he served as Deputy General Manager. He also worked as a business consultant, while from October 2015 to June 2019, he worked again in the private sector, assuming the position of CEO of the company International Trade SA, of the Viohalco heavy industry corporation, based in Brussels. He was fluent in English, French, and Spanish.

Political career

In September 2007 he was elected as an MP for the New Democracy party and represented the regional unit of Chania Crete.{{Cite web |title=Βιογραφικά Στοιχεία |url=https://www.hellenicparliament.gr/Vouleftes/Viografika-Stoicheia/?MPId=c9994375-0a25-4f74-836d-e5b9981b8d93 |access-date=9 February 2023 |website=www.hellenicparliament.gr}} In the period of 2005-2006 he was Secretary General of Trade at the Ministry of Development. He was re-elected following double legislative elections of May and June 2012. He was Deputy Minister of Administrative Reform and e-Governance from June 2012 to June 2013. He was re-elected in the 2019 Greek legislative election.

Personal life and death

Voloudakis was married to the lawyer Sevi Amanatidou and father of three children. He died after a battle with lung cancer on 8 February 2023, at the age of 56. Sevi was elected MP in his constituency in both the May 2023 and the June 2023 legislative elections.