Nikos Paraskevopoulos
Νίκος Παρασκευόπουλος
Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights
In office
23 September 2015 – 4 November 2016
Prime MinisterAlexis Tsipras
Preceded byDimitris Papangelopoulos
Succeeded byStavros Kontonis
Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights
In office
27 January – 28 August 2015
Prime MinisterAlexis Tsipras
Preceded byCharalampos Athanasiou
Succeeded byDimitris Papangelopoulos
Personal details
Born1949
Athens, Greece
Political partySyriza[1]
Alma materNational Technical University of Athens

Nikos Paraskevopoulos (Greek: Νίκος Παρασκευόπουλος) is a Greek criminologist who is a former Greek Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights. He was a Professor of criminal law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki's Law School.[2] In the September 2015 Greek legislative election, he was elected MP for the Thessaloniki A constituency with Syriza. He has also served as the Minister of Justice of Greece from 27 January to 28 August 2015.[3]

Paraskevopoulos was responsible for criminal matters under former Minister of Justice George Kouvelakis (1993–95), and for prison inmates rehabilitation programs from 1988 to 1997.[3] He is the vice president of KETHEA, the largest drug-addicts' rehabilitation and social reintegration network in Greece.[2]

While in Syriza's 2012 shadow cabinet, Zoe Konstantopoulou had been nominated for justice,[4] after the January 2015 legislative election it was decided to give the post to independent expert Paraskevopoulos.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Ανά Κοινοβουλευτική Ομάδα".
  2. 1 2 "Institutional framework". KETHEA. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "They're strong, stubborn and (mainly) SYRIZA… Who are the people who have vowed to take Greece out of the depths of despair?". Proto Thema. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Δεκαέξι «σκιώδεις υπουργούς» έχρισε ο Τσίπρας [Tsipras appoints 16 shadow ministers]. Ethnos (in Greek). 3 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
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