Nikos Paraskevopoulos Νίκος Παρασκευόπουλος | |
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Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights | |
In office 23 September 2015 – 4 November 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
Preceded by | Dimitris Papangelopoulos |
Succeeded by | Stavros Kontonis |
Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights | |
In office 27 January – 28 August 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
Preceded by | Charalampos Athanasiou |
Succeeded by | Dimitris Papangelopoulos |
Personal details | |
Born | 1949 Athens, Greece |
Political party | Syriza [1] |
Alma mater | National 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]