Dimitrios Droutsas Δημήτριος Δρούτσας | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 7 September 2010 – 17 June 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | George Papandreou |
| Preceded by | George Papandreou |
| Succeeded by | Stavros Lambrinidis |
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| Born | (1968-08-05)5 August 1968 (age 56) Nicosia,Cyprus |
| Political party | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
| Spouse | Faye Karaviti |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
Dimitrios P. Droutsas (Greek:Δημήτριος Π. Δρούτσας; born 5 August 1968) is a Greek lawyer and politician, who served as theMinister of Foreign Affairs of Greece in 2010–11. He became MP of theEuropean Parliament by replacingStavros Lambrinidis, who went on to becomeMinister of Foreign Affairs of Greece.
Droutsas was born on 5 August 1968 inNicosia,Cyprus, the son of a Greek father and a German mother fromFrankfurt am Main. Afterprimary school the family moved toVienna, where his father worked at the Greek embassy. In Vienna he was educated at theTheresianum and later studied atUniversity of Vienna School of Law, graduating in 1994 with a paper on the accession of Cyprus to the European Union.[1]
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In 1999, Droutsas went back to Greece to serve as the Special Advisor to Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece,George Papandreou. Among the important issues, he advised on werepolitical rapprochement with Turkey, Cyprus’s accession to theEU and theCyprus problem.In March 2004, he was appointed the Director of the Diplomatic Cabinet of the President ofPanhellenic Socialist Movement (Pasok) George A. Papandreou. From March 2008, he served as the spokesperson of Pasok and in May 2008, he was appointed its Secretary for Foreign Policy and International Relations. On 7 September 2010 Droutsas was appointed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece in a cabinet reshuffle.[2] His first tour as a foreign minister was to the Middle East from October 17 to October 20 with stops in Jordan, Israel and Palestinian territories, Egypt and Lebanon.[3][4]
In the 17 June 2011 cabinet reshuffle, Droutsas was removed as Minister of Foreign Affairs to take over as Member of the European Parliament fromStavros Lambrinidis for the remaining period of the 7th Parliamentary Term (22 June 2011 – 30 June 2014).[5] In turn,Stavros Lambrinidis became the new Minister of Foreign Affairs. The demotion of Droutsas came after revelations that he had misrepresented his background, both formal qualification and experience, with claims that he had completed his doctoral thesis at the University of Vienna and that he had worked as a professor or assistant professor, claims that were proved to be untrue.[6][7]
Droutsas' works on European Law, International and European Commercial Law, and Foreign and Defense Policy have been published extensively in Greece and abroad.
He speaksGerman,English,French andRussian.He is married to Faye Karaviti, who is a journalist.
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