Giorgos Gerapetritis

Giorgos Gerapetritis (Greek: Γιώργος Γεραπετρίτης; born 26 June 1967) is a Greek politician, professor and lawyer who has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2023. He previously served as Minister of State from 2019 to 2023 and as Minister of Infrastructure and Transport from March to May 2023.[1]

Giorgos Gerapetritis
Γιώργος Γεραπετρίτης
Gerapetritis in July 2023
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
27 June 2023
Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded byVasilis Kaskarelis
Minister of State
In office
9 July 2019 – 26 May 2023
Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded byDimitris Tzanakopoulos
Christoforos Vernardakis
Succeeded byVassilios Skouris
Minister of Infrastructure and Transport
In office
1 March 2023 – 26 May 2023
Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded byKostas Karamanlis
Succeeded byIoannis Golias
Personal details
Born (1967-06-26) 26 June 1967
Karpathos, Greece
Political partyNew Democracy
Alma materNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens
University of Edinburgh
University of Oxford
Occupation
  • Politician
  • professor
  • lawyer

Early life and education

Gerapetritis was born in Karpathos on 26 June 1967 and grew up in Piraeus. He graduated from the Ionideios Model High School of Piraeus and studied law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and undertook postgraduate studies in the University of Edinburgh and the University of Oxford.[2][1][3]

Political career

In the 2019 Greek legislative election, he was elected as a member of parliament. On 9 July 2019, he was appointed Minister of State under Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. On 1 March 2023, after the resignation of Kostas Karamanlis following the Tempi train crash, he became the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport. He became Minister of Foreign Affairs on 27 June 2023.[1][4][5]

References
  1. "The Minister". mfa. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  2. "Γιώργος Γεραπετρίτης: Αυτός είναι ο νέος υπουργός Επικρατείας". NewsIT (in Greek). 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  3. "Γεώργιος Γεραπετρίτης". Νομική Σχολή (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  4. Newsroom (2023-03-01). "Τραγωδία στα Τέμπη: Ο Γιώργος Γεραπετρίτης αναλαμβάνει το υπουργείο Μεταφορών". Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  5. Νασόπουλος, Διονύσης (2019-09-09). "Νέος πολιτικός κύκλος". in.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
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