Nikos Voutsis | |
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| Νίκος Βούτσης | |
 Voutsis in 2016 | |
| 12thSpeaker of the Hellenic Parliament | |
| In office 4 October 2015 – 18 July 2019 | |
| President | Prokopis Pavlopoulos |
| Preceded by | Zoi Konstantopoulou |
| Succeeded by | Konstantinos Tasoulas[1] |
| Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction | |
| In office 27 January 2015 – 28 August 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Argyris Dinopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Antonis Manitakis |
| Member of theHellenic Parliament | |
| In office 6 May 2012 – 29 May 2023 | |
| Constituency | Athens A |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1951-03-04)4 March 1951 (age 74) Athens, Greece |
| Political party | Syriza |
| Alma mater | National Technical University of Athens |
Nikos Voutsis (Greek:Νίκος Βούτσης; born 4 March 1951) is a Greek politician, former MP who served as theMinister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction from January 2015 to August 2015,[2] and asPresident of the Hellenic Parliament from October 2015 to July 2019.[3]
Voutsis was born inAthens. He graduated from theUniversity of Athens and theNational Technical University of Athens with a degree in civil engineering.[4]
Voutsis served as a regional councillor in Attica with the group "Attiki Cooperation –No to the Memorandum" from 2010 to 2012.
Voutsis was first elected as aMember of the Hellenic Parliament representingAthens A in theMay 2012 legislative election, and was reelected inJune 2012 andJanuary 2015.
Re-elected in theSeptember 2015 elections, on 4 October 2015 he was elected as the newSpeaker of the Hellenic Parliament with 181 votes.[3]
After SYRIZA's defeat in the2019 Greek legislative election, Voutsis' term as Parliament Speaker expired, and he was replaced by Kostas Tasoulas 18 July 2019.[1] Nevertheless, Voutsis was still elected as an MP for SYRIZA.
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| Preceded by | Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction 2015 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament 2015–2019 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded byas Former Speaker | Order of precedence of Greece Former Speaker | Succeeded by Ministerial Council Members |
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