Panos Panagiotopoulos

Panos Panagiotopoulos is a Greek politician of the New Democracy party.
Panagiotopoulos was a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2009. He was the spokesman for the Hellenic Government as well as for New Democracy party. He also served as the Ministry of Labour, [Social Security and Welfare (Greece)|Minister of Employment and Social Protection] in Kostas Karamanlis's 2004 cabinet. He has served as Minister for Culture and Sport from June 2013 to June 2014 and as Ministry of [National Defence (Greece)|Minister for Defence] from June 2012 to June 2013.

Biography

Panagiotopoulos was born in Athens in 1957. He originated from Arcadia and Evrytania. He served his military service in the Hellenic Air Force from 1978 to 1980. He studied civil engineering in National [Technical University of Athens] and law in National and [Kapodistrian University of Athens] as well as in University of Vincennes in Saint-Denis. He is also a graduate of the. He currently resides in Athens. He is fluent in English and French.He was married to Maouzi Tsaldari and he has a son.