Nikos Voutsis

{{Short description|Greek politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | native_name = {{Nobold|{{Lang|el|Νίκος Βούτσης}}}} | image = Nikos Voutsis a Mar 2016 cropped.jpg | caption = Voutsis in 2016 | office = 12th [[Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament]] | term_start = 4 October 2015 | term_end = 18 July 2019 | president = [[Prokopis Pavlopoulos]] | predecessor = [[Zoi Konstantopoulou]] | successor = [[Konstantinos Tasoulas]]<ref name=replaced>{{Cite web|url=https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/07/18/greek-parliament-elects-konstantinos-tasoulas-as-new-chamber-president/amp/|title = Amphipod Species Found in Larissa Cave|date = June 2013}}</ref> | office2 = [[Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction|Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction]] | prime_minister2 = [[Alexis Tsipras]] | term_start2 = 27 January 2015 | term_end2 = 28 August 2015 | predecessor2 = [[Argyris Dinopoulos]] | successor2 = [[Antonis Manitakis]] | office3 = Member of the [[Hellenic Parliament]] | term_start3 = 6 May 2012 | term_end3 = 29 May 2023 | constituency3 = [[Athens A]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|3|4|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Athens]], Greece | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Syriza]] | alma_mater = [[National Technical University of Athens]] }} '''Nikos Voutsis''' ({{langx|el|Νίκος Βούτσης}}; born 4 March 1951) is a Greek politician, former MP who served as the [[Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction|Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction]] from January 2015 to August 2015,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31005693|title=New Greek PM Alexis Tsipras forms cabinet|work=BBC News|date=27 January 2015}}</ref> and as [[Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament|President of the Hellenic Parliament]] from October 2015 to July 2019.<ref name="ingr">{{cite news | url = http://news.in.gr/greece/article/?aid=1500030253 | title = Ο Νίκος Βούτσης νέος πρόεδρος της Βουλής, με 181 ψήφους | language = el | publisher = in.gr | date = 4 October 2015 | access-date = 4 October 2015}}</ref>

==Early life and education==

Voutsis was born in [[Athens]]. He graduated from the [[University of Athens]] and the [[National Technical University of Athens]] with a degree in civil engineering.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-02-01|title=Who Is Who in the New Greek Government|url=https://greekreporter.com/2015/02/01/who-is-who-in-the-new-greek-government/|access-date=2022-02-22|website=GreekReporter.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Political career==

Voutsis served as a regional councillor in Attica with the group "Attiki Cooperation –No to the Memorandum" from 2010 to 2012.

Voutsis was first elected as a [[Member of the Hellenic Parliament]] representing [[Athens A]] in the [[May 2012 Greek legislative election|May 2012 legislative election]], and was reelected in [[June 2012 Greek legislative election|June 2012]] and [[January 2015 Greek legislative election|January 2015]].

Re-elected in the [[September 2015 Greek legislative election|September 2015 elections]], on 4 October 2015 he was elected as the new [[Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament]] with 181 votes.<ref name="ingr"/>

After SYRIZA's defeat in the [[2019 Greek legislative election]], Voutsis' term as Parliament Speaker expired, and he was replaced by Kostas Tasoulas 18 July 2019.<ref name=replaced /> Nevertheless, Voutsis was still elected as an MP for SYRIZA.

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==External links== * {{Hellenic Parliament|94365bd1-8420-4c08-ac89-1e4cba1725e0}}

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