Dimitris Sioufas
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Dimitris Sioufas (born 15 August 1944) is a Greek
lawyer
and New Democracy
politician.
Born in Ellinopyrgos, Karditsa
, Sioufas has a degree in political science and public administration at the Panteion University of Athens as well as in law from the University of Thessaloniki.
He was first elected to the Greek Parliament for the Karditsa constituency in the 1981 general election, and has been reelected at every election since. He was Deputy Minister of Social Security from August 1991 to December 1992 and Minister of Health, Welfare and Social Services
from December 1992 to October 1993. Following the 2004 parliamentary election
, which was won by New Democracy, Sioufas became Minister for Development
in the government of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis on 10 March 2004. He left this position when a new government was sworn in on 19 September 2007 and was instead nominated as Speaker
of Parliament.
Sioufas has been a member of New Democracy's Central Committee since 1997; previously he was a member of the Central Committee from 1979 to 1985 and from 1994 to 1997. He was also a member of the party's Executive Committee from 1997 to 2001 and a member of its Political Council from 2001 to March 2004. From April 2000 to March 2004, he was Secretary General of the New Democracy Parliamentary Group.
Sioufas married Kaity Anagnostaki and has two sons and a daughter.
Greece
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lawyer
Lawyer
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and New Democracy
New Democracy (Greece)
New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic...
politician.
Born in Ellinopyrgos, Karditsa
Karditsa
Karditsa is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece. The city of Karditsa is the capital of Karditsa peripheral unit.Inhabitation is attested from 9000 BCE. Karditsa ls linked with GR-30, the road to Karpenisi, and the road to Palamas and Larissa...
, Sioufas has a degree in political science and public administration at the Panteion University of Athens as well as in law from the University of Thessaloniki.
He was first elected to the Greek Parliament for the Karditsa constituency in the 1981 general election, and has been reelected at every election since. He was Deputy Minister of Social Security from August 1991 to December 1992 and Minister of Health, Welfare and Social Services
Minister for Health and Social Solidarity (Greece)
The Ministry for Health and Social Solidarity is a government department of Greece. The incumbent minister is Andreas Loverdos.-List of Ministers for Health, Welfare and Social Insurance :...
from December 1992 to October 1993. Following the 2004 parliamentary election
Greek legislative election, 2004
Legislative elections were held in Greece on March 7, 2004. At stake were 300 seats in the Greek Parliament, the Vouli . The New Democracy Party of Kostas Karamanlis won a decisive victory in the elections, ending eleven years of rule by the Panhellenic Socialist Movement .PASOK was led into the...
, which was won by New Democracy, Sioufas became Minister for Development
Minister for Development (Greece)
The Ministry of Development of Greece was created in January 1996 by then Prime Minister Costas Simitis through the merger of three former ministries: the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Technology, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Tourism)...
in the government of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis on 10 March 2004. He left this position when a new government was sworn in on 19 September 2007 and was instead nominated as Speaker
Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
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of Parliament.
Sioufas has been a member of New Democracy's Central Committee since 1997; previously he was a member of the Central Committee from 1979 to 1985 and from 1994 to 1997. He was also a member of the party's Executive Committee from 1997 to 2001 and a member of its Political Council from 2001 to March 2004. From April 2000 to March 2004, he was Secretary General of the New Democracy Parliamentary Group.
Sioufas married Kaity Anagnostaki and has two sons and a daughter.