Spyridon Flogaitis

{{Infobox officeholder | name = Spyridon Flogaitis Σπυρίδων Φλογαΐτης | honorific_suffix = | image = Spyridon Flogaitis.jpg | office = [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greece)|Alternate Minister of European Affairs]] | prime_minister = [[Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou]] [[Alexis Tsipras]] | president = [[Prokopis Pavlopoulos]] | term_start = 28 August 2015 | term_end = 23 September 2015 | predecessor = [[Sia Anagnostopoulou]] | successor = [[Nikos Xydakis (journalist)|Nikos Xydakis]] | office1 = [[Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction|Minister of the Interior]] Minister of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization (2007) | prime_minister1 = | president1 = | term_start1 = 24 August 2007 | term_end1 = 19 September 2007 | predecessor1 = Position established | successor1 = [[Prokopis Pavlopoulos]] | birth_date = 22 July 1950 | birth_place = [[Lefkada]], [[Greece]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] | spouse = [[Photini Pazartzis]] | alma_mater = [[University of Athens]] [[Panthéon-Assas University]] [[Pantheon-Sorbonne University]] | signature = }}

'''Spyridon Flogaitis''' ({{langx|el|Σπυρίδων Φλογαΐτης}}; born 22 July 1950), is a Greek [[lawyer]], [[jurist]] and academic who is currently a professor of public law at the [[University of Athens]]. He is the editor and founder of numerous legal journals, and is also a [[judge]] in the Greek [[Council of State (Greece)|Council of State]].

Flogaitis has formerly served as an [[Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Greece)|Alternate Minister of European Affairs]] in the [[Caretaker Cabinet of Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou]]. He has also formerly served as an interim [[Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction|Minister of the Interior]] in 2007.

==Early life and education==

Flogaitis was born in [[Lefkada]] to Ioannis Flogaitis.<ref name=esa /><ref name=esapics>{{cite web|title=Photographs of Professor Spyridon Flogaitis|url=http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/photographs_of_professor_spyridon_flogaitis.php|website=Squire Law Library|publisher=University of Cambridge|accessdate=12 September 2015}}</ref>

In 1968, Flogaitis received his high school diploma from the 5th High School of Athens. In 1973, he received an undergraduate degree in law from the [[University of Athens]]. From 1973 to 1974, he completed a Diplôme d'études supérieures in public law at the [[Panthéon-Assas University]]. Flogaitis then completed a [[Doctor of Law|law doctorate]] at Panthéon-Assas in 1978, under the directorship of Jean Rivero. His thesis title was: "La notion de décentralisation en France, en Allemagne et en Italie". He also completed a doctorate in history in 1978 at the [[Pantheon-Sorbonne University]], under the directorship of Nicolas Svoronos. His thesis subject was: "Système vénitien de successions ab intestat et structures familiales dans les îles ioniennes".<ref name=esa>{{cite web|last1=Dingle|first1=Lesley|last2=Bates|first2=Daniel|title=Professor Spyridon Flogaitis|url=http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/professor_spyridon_flogaitis.php|website=Squire Law Library|publisher=University of Cambridge|accessdate=11 September 2015}}</ref>

==Academic career==

From 1980 to 1982, Flogaitis was an assistant in the faculty of law at the [[University of Athens]]. From 1982 to 1985, he was a lecturer in the department, before becoming an associate professor in 1985. From 1992 to presently, he has been a professor of public law in the department.<ref name=esa />

In 1993, Flogaitis became a member of the board of the [[Ionian University]]. In 1994, he co-founded ''Critical Review of Legal Theory and Practice'' alongside Michael Stathopoulos, and became its first editor. Also in 1994, he co-founded the Greek journal, ''Environment and Law'', alongside Gl Sioutis and J Karakostas. In 1995, he became the first director of the [[European Public Law Center]], and stayed in that role until 2007. In 2004, he co-founded, in Greek ''Energy and Law'', alongside Gl Sioutis. In 2006, he founded the ''Journal of Administrative Law'', and became its first editor.<ref name=esa />

==Legal career==

Since 1974, Flogaitis has been an [[attorney-at-law]] at the Athens Bar. From 1981 to 1982, Flogaitis was Assistant to the Legal Advisor to the [[Prime Minister of Greece]], who at the time was [[Andreas Papandreou]]. In 1984, Flogaitis became an attorney in the [[Council of State (Greece)|Council of State]]. In 2011, Flogaitis became a judge in the [[Council of State (Greece)|Council of State]].<ref name=esa />

In 1990, Flogaitis founded Flogaitis-Sioutis Law Firm alongside Glykeria Sioutis, a prestigious firm with a Greek and International clientele.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.flogaitis-sioutis.com|title = Δικηγορική Εταιρία Φλογαΐτης - Σιούτη {{!}} A-Law Public « Δικηγορική Εταιρία Φλογαΐτης – Σιούτη {{!}} A-Law Public|website = www.flogaitis-sioutis.com|access-date = 2016-03-05}}</ref>

In 1985, Flogaitis served as the director of the Institute of Public Administration, part of the [[National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government]]. Since 2007, Flogaitis has been a member of the board of directors of the [[Hellenic Foundation for Culture]].<ref name=esa />

Since 2011, Flogaitis has been a member of the Appeals Board of the [[European Space Agency]], and since 2013 he has been vice president of the board.<ref name=esa />

From 2000 to 2009, he was a member of the [[United Nations Administrative Tribunal]], and from 2004 to 2005, served as a vice president of the tribunal. From 2006 to 2009, he was president of the tribunal.<ref name=esa />

==Political career==

Flogaitis has twice served as an interim Greek [[Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction|Minister of the Interior]], once in the run-up to the [[2007 Greek legislative election|2007 legislative election]] and once in the run-up to the [[2009 Greek legislative election|2009 legislative election]].<ref name=esa /> On 28 August 2015, Flogaitis was appointed the interim [[Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Greece)|Alternate Minister of European Affairs]] in the [[Caretaker Cabinet of Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou|caretaker cabinet]] of [[Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou]].

==Personal life==

Flogaitis is the nephew of [[Theodoros Flogaitis]], a politician and professor of [[constitutional law]], and the great nephew [[Nikolaos Flogaitis]], a judge of the [[Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece|Greek supreme court]]. In turn, Nikolaos's father, [[Theodoros Flogaitis (Odessa)|Theodoros Flogaitis]], was elected as the first Mayor of [[Odessa]] in 1796.<ref name=esapics />

Flogaitis is married to [[Photini Pazartzis]], an [[associate professor]] of [[international law]] at the [[University of Athens]].<ref name=photini>{{cite web|title=Election of Mrs. Photini Pazartzis (Associate Professor of International Law, University of Athens, Faculty of Law) to the Human Rights Committee.|url=http://www.mfa.gr/missionsabroad/en/permanent-mission-geneva/news/election-of-mrs-photini-pazartzis-associate-professor-of-international-law-university-of-athens-faculty-of-law-to-the-human-rights-committee.html|website=Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=12 September 2015}}</ref><ref name=esapics />

==Honours==

Flogaitis is one of only a few [[List of foreign recipients of the Légion d'Honneur|foreign recipients]] of the [[Legion of Honour]], having received the degree of Chevalier. He is also a Knight of the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]].<ref name=esa />

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