Nikitas Kaklamanis
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Νικήτας Κακλαμάνης | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Kaklamanis in 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament | |||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 22 January 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||
President | Katerina Sakellaropoulou Konstantinos Tasoulas | ||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Konstantinos Tasoulas | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mayor of Athens | |||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1 January 2007 – 31 December 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Theodoros Bechrakis (acting) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Giorgos Kaminis | ||||||||||||||||||||
Member of the Hellenic Parliament | |||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 6 May 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Constituency | Athens A | ||||||||||||||||||||
In office 9 April 2000 – 22 December 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Constituency | Athens A | ||||||||||||||||||||
In office 8 April 1990 – 23 May 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Constituency | Athens A | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Andros, Greece | 1 April 1946||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | New Democracy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other political affiliations | Political Spring (1993–2000) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Nikitas M. Kaklamanis (Greek: Νικήτας Κακλαμάνης; born 1 April 1946 in Andros) is a Greek politician who served as mayor of Athens from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Minister for Health and Social Solidarity from 2004 to 2006. In the Greek local elections of 2010 he lost the position of mayor after being defeated by Giorgos Kaminis. Since January 2025 he serves as the 14th Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament after being Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament from 2015 until 2023.[1][2]
Medical career
[edit]Kaklamanis was born in Andros. Kaklamanis studied medicine at the Medical School of the University of Athens. His medical training was spent in Ioannina. From 1975 to 1981, he worked at the Aretaieio Hospital in Athens, first as an assistant and then as a registrar. He qualified as a radiation oncologist, his second specialisation, in 1980. He was awarded his doctorate in 1981. He served as secretary-general to the Panhellenic Medical Association from 1984 to 1989 and was elected on the ND ticket. In 1989, he was elected Assistant Professor of Radiotherapy–Oncology at the University of Athens.
In popular culture
[edit]Some of his rivals or haters nicknamed him "Omer Prioni" (a pun of Omer Vrioni and the word prioni meaning "saw" in Greek) or "Nikitaras the Wood-eater" (a pun of the Greek 1821 Revolution hero Nikitaras the "Turk-eater") on account of him having cut a lot of trees.
References
[edit]- ^ "Kaklamanis elected new speaker of Parliament". Kathimerini. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ Charlie, Kowalenko (24 January 2025). "Nikitas Kaklamanis Elected Speaker Of The Hellenic Parliament With Broad Support". Greek City Times. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
External links
[edit]- City Mayors Profile of Nikitas Kaklamanis
- Personal profile of Nikitas Kaklamanis in the European Parliament's database of members
- Terms of office of Nikitas Kaklamanis at the Hellenic Parliament (in English)
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