Nikos Papandreou

{{Short description|Greek writer and politician (b.1956)}} {{Expand Greek|topic=bio|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Nikos Papandreou | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|size=100%|MEP}} | party = [[PASOK – Movement for Change]] | image = 1718289251061 20240612 PAPANDREOU Nikos EL 04.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2024 | constituency_MP = [[Greece (European Parliament constituency)|Greece]] | term_start = 3 May 2023 | term_end = | parliament = European | birth_date = {{birth date and age text|29 September 1956}} | birth_place = [[Alameda, California|Alameda]], [[California]], [[United States]] | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Alexia Klironomou | relations = | children = 2 | alma_mater = [[Yale University]]<br>[[Princeton School of Public and International Affairs]] | occupation = [[Writer]] • [[Politician]] | profession = | website = | predecessor = [[Nikos Androulakis]] | relatives = [[George Papandreou]] (brother)<br>[[Georgios Papandreou]] (grandfather) | parents = [[Andreas Papandreou]] (father)<br>[[Margaret Chant-Papandreou]] (mother) | citizenship = Greece • United States }}

'''Nikos Papandreou''' ({{Langx|el|Νίκος Παπανδρέου}}; born 29 September 1956) is a Greek politician, businessman, cultural commentator and writer. He has been serving as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] for [[PASOK]] since May 2023,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Nikos PAPANDREOU {{!}} MEPs {{!}} European Parliament |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/244571/NIKOS_PAPANDREOU/home |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.europarl.europa.eu |date=29 September 1956 |language=en}}</ref> as he replaced MEP [[Nikos Androulakis]] who resigned in order to run in the [[May 2023 Greek legislative election|2023 Greek legislative election]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Psaropoulos |first=John |title=Greece prepares for elections that may herald a new political era |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/28/greece-prepares-for-elections-that-may-herald-a-new-political-era |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Family == Papandreou is a son of former [[Prime Minister of Greece]] [[Andreas Papandreou]] and his second wife [[Margaret Chant-Papandreou]] and younger brother of [[George Papandreou]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-08 |title=Νίκος Παπανδρέου: Και επίσημα ευρωβουλευτής στη θέση του Ανδρουλάκη |url=https://www.tovima.gr/2023/05/08/politics/nikos-papandreou-kai-episima-eyrovouleytis-sti-thesi-tou-androulaki/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ |language=el}}</ref>

== Parliamentary work == As a member of the Subcommittee on Public Health (SANT), he has been a prominent advocate for the implementation of the Europe's Beating Cancer Plan, specifically championing EU-wide protocols for lung cancer screening and the integration of [[liquid biopsy]] technology into national health systems.<ref>{{cite news |date=12 May 2025 |title=A Vision for Cancer Policy in Europe: An Interview with MEP Nikos Papandreou |url=https://cancerworld.net/a-vision-for-cancer-policy-in-europe-an-interview-with-mep-nikos-papandreou/ |work=CancerWorld}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=25 November 2025 |title=Exploring the EU's success in lung cancer screening at the European Parliament |url=https://europeanlung.org/solace/2025/11/25/exploring-the-eus-success-in-lung-cancer-screening-at-the-european-parliament/ |publisher=SOLACE}}</ref>

Within the [[Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs]] (ECON), Papandreou served as a shadow rapporteur on the legislative framework for the [[Digital euro]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-03 |title=Exclusive: Digital euro faces political deadlock in Brussels |url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/02/03/exclusive-digital-euro-faces-political-deadlock-in-brussels |access-date=2026-02-05 |website=euronews |language=en}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== See also ==

* [[List of members of the European Parliament for Greece, 2019–2024]]

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