Pavlos Polakis

Pavlos Polakis (Greek: Παύλος Πολάκης; born 1965) is a Greek surgeon and politician.

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Pavlos Polakis
Παύλος Πολάκης
Alternate Minister of Health
In office
23 September 2015 – 9 July 2019
Prime MinisterAlexis Tsipras
Alternate Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction
In office
28 January 2015 – 28 August 2015
Prime MinisterAlexis Tsipras
Mayor of Sfakia
In office
2010–2015
Personal details
Born1965
Sfakia, Greece
Political partySyriza
Alma materNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens
ProfessionSurgeon

Since 2010, Polakis has been the mayor of the city of Sfakia on the island of Crete, being reelected in 2014. In the January 2015 legislative election, he became a member of the Hellenic Parliament for Chania. He was appointed to the First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras as Alternate Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction.[1] Reelected in the September 2015 legislative election, Polakis was appointed Alternate Minister of Health in the Second Tsipras Cabinet.

Controversy

In July 2019, Polakis had his parliamentary immunity revoked after being accused of illegally wiretapping a phone conversation with the Governor of the Central Bank of Greece. He has also been accused of slander by the head of the worker's union of the Greece Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO).[2]

References
  1. "The Who's Who of the new Greek Gov't". Proto Thema. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  2. Kokkinidis, Tasos. "Greek Parliament Rescinds Immunity for Former Minister Polakis | GreekReporter.com". Retrieved 2020-09-15.


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