Antonis Manitakis

{{Short description|Greek politician and jurist (1944–2026)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Antonis Manitakis | native_name = {{nobold|Αντώνης Μανιτάκης}} | native_name_lang = el | image = Antonis Manitakis.png | caption = Manitakis in 2017 | office = [[Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction|Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction]] | prime_minister = [[Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou|Vassiliki Thanou]] | term_start = 28 August 2015 | term_end = 23 September 2015 | predecessor = [[Nikos Voutsis]] | successor = [[Panagiotis Kouroumblis]] | prime_minister1 = [[Panagiotis Pikrammenos]] | term_start1 = 17 May 2012 | term_end1 = 21 June 2012<br>Interior | predecessor1 = [[Tasos Giannitsis]] | successor1 = [[Evripidis Stylianidis]] | office2 = [[Ministry of Administrative Reform and e-Governance|Minister of Administrative Reform and e-Governance]] | prime_minister2 = [[Antonis Samaras]] | term_start2 = 21 June 2012 | term_end2 = 25 June 2013 | predecessor2 = [[Pavlos Apostolidis]] | successor2 = [[Kyriakos Mitsotakis]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|5|23|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Thessaloniki]], German-occupied Greece | death_date = {{Death date and age|2026|2|18|1944|5|23|df=y}} | death_place = Thessaloniki, Greece | party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] | alma_mater = [[Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki|University of Thessaloniki]]<br>[[Université libre de Bruxelles|Free University of Brussels, French]] | spouse = Giota Kravaritou (divorced) <br>Klita Theodorou (1993) | children = 2 | website = {{URL|manitakis.gr|Official website}} }}

'''Antonis Manitakis''' ({{langx|el|Αντώνης Μανιτάκης}}; 23 May 1944 – 18 February 2026) was a Greek university professor and politician.<ref>[http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_21/06/2012_448374 A look at some of Greece's new ministers ] 25 May 2013 Administrative Reform Antonis Manitakis A constitutional lawyer who served in the caretaker government between the two elections under Prime Minister Panayiotis Pikrammenos, Antonis Manitakis received his PhD in Belgium and was appointed professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1982. After teaching constitutional law for 35 years, Manitakis was awarded for his contribution to academia by the Greek president in 2007. ...."</ref> He was a [[Ministry of Administrative Reform and e-Governance (Greece)|Minister of administrative reform and e-governance]] (2012–2013) and a onetime interim [[Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction|Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction]], having served in 2012 and 2015.

==Background== Manitakis was born in [[Thessaloniki]] on 23 May 1944.<ref name=mofint>{{cite web|title=Minister of Interior|url=http://www.ypes.gr/en/Ministry/Political_Leadership/ministerManitakis/|publisher=Ministry of Interior|accessdate=7 July 2013}}</ref> He studied [[law]] at the [[Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki]] and received a [[doctor of law]] from the [[Vrije Universiteit Brussel|University of Brussels]]. Afterwards, he was elected as a professor at the [[Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki]]. Antonis Manitakis was a student of [[Aristovoulos Manesis]], whom he succeeded at the [[Constitutional law]] seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://law-constitution.web.auth.gr/manitakis/cv/|title=Curriculum Vitae|work=Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki|publisher=Aristotle University of Thessaloniki|accessdate=25 May 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304004149/http://law-constitution.web.auth.gr/manitakis/cv/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Academic career== During his academic career, he was the dean of the School of Law and Political Sciences, as well as a [[visiting scholar]] at the [[University of Montpellier]] (1987), the [[University of Paris X]] (1989), the [[University of Rome La Sapienza]] (1994) and the [[University of Nantes]] (2002). From 2004 to 2010, he taught European Constitutional Law at the [[University of Montpellier]]'s Law School summer seminars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ekebi.gr/frontoffice/portal.asp?cpage=NODE&cnode=462&t=2328 |title=Μανιτάκης Αντώνης Ν. (1944 – ) |author= |date=10 September 2008 |publisher=National Book Centre of Greece |accessdate=24 May 2013|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130702040428/http://www.ekebi.gr/frontoffice/portal.asp?cpage=NODE&cnode=462&t=2328|archivedate=2 July 2013}}</ref>

In 2007, Manitakis was awarded the award of exceptional university teaching by the [[President of Greece]] [[Karolos Papoulias]]. He served as a deputy chairman of the [[National Council of Radio and Television (Greece)|National Council of Radio and Television]] (1997–1999).

From April 2014, he was the Dean of the School of Law in the [[Neapolis University Paphos]].

==Political career== In May 2012, Manitakis was appointed interim [[Ministry of the Interior (Greece)|minister of interior]] to the [[Caretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos]]. On 21 June, after a suggestion made by the [[Democratic Left (Greece)|Democratic Left]], it was announced that he would participate in the [[Cabinet of Greece|Government of Antonis Samaras]] as the [[Ministry of Administrative Reform and e-Governance (Greece)|minister of administrative reform and e-governance]].

==Personal life== Manitakis died on 18 February 2026, at the age of 81.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 February 2026 |title=Πέθανε ο Αντώνης Μανιτάκης |url=https://www.athensvoice.gr/epikairotita/ellada/948248/pethane-o-adonis-manitakis/ |access-date=18 February 2026 |website=AthensVoice |language=el}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{cite web|date= 28 August 2015 |publisher=gazzetta.gr | title= Greece's new caretaker government| access-date=6 September 2015| url= http://www.gazzetta.gr/plus/article/793194/greeces-new-caretaker-government}}

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