Nikos Paraskevopoulos

Nikos Paraskevopoulos Νίκος Παρασκευόπουλος
Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 September 2015
Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras
Preceded by	Dimitris Papangelopoulos
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	Athens, Greece
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	National Technical University of Athens
Religion	Greek Orthodoxy

Nikos Paraskevopoulos (Greek: Νίκος Παρασκευόπουλος) is a Greek criminologist who is the Greek Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights. He was a Professor of criminal law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki's Law School.^[1] In the Greek legislative election, September 2015, 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.^[2]

Paraskevopoulos was responsible for criminal matters under former Minister of Justice George Kouvelakis (1993–95), and for prison inmates rehabilitation programs from 1988-1997.^[2] He is the vice president of KETHEA, the largest drug-addicts' rehabilitation and social reintegration network in Greece.^[1]

While in Syriza's 2012 shadow cabinet, Zoe Konstantopoulou had been nominated for justice,^[3] after the January 2015 legislative election it was decided to give the post to independent expert Paraskevopoulos.^[2]

References

1. "Institutional framework". KETHEA. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
2. "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.
3. Δεκαέξι «σκιώδεις υπουργούς» έχρισε ο Τσίπρας [Tsipras appoints 16 shadow ministers]. Ethnos (in Greek). 3 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2015.