Andreas Andrianopoulos
 Andreas Andrianopoulos    (politician) | |
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| Born | 1946 |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Alma mater | University of Athens, John F. Kennedy School of Government |
| Parents | Yiannis Andrianopoulos |
| Party | New Democracy (Greece) |
| Relatives | Giorgos Andrianopoulos |
Greek politician who attended the 1988 Bilderberg, then became Minister of Trade. Was along with fellow Bilderberger Stefanos Manos the main spokesman for the economic liberal tradition in Greece. | |
Andreas Andrianopoulos is a Greek politician who attended the 1988 Bilderberg, then became Minister of Trade. He has been elected 9 times member of the Greek Parliament and he been Minister of Culture, Trade, Industry, Energy, Technology and Mass Communications.[1]
Biography
He was born in 1946 in Piraeus. He is the son of Yiannis Andrianopoulos, one of the five founders of Olympiakos. His uncle was the former mayor of Piraeus and MP Giorgos Andrianopoulos.
He studied Political Science in Athens and Comparative Politics, Development and International Relations at Kent and Cambridge Universities in England and University of Oslo, Norway. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Leadership and Administration from the Kennedy School of Management at Harvard University and holds two doctoral degrees.[1]
His political positions are liberal.[2] He is considered, along with fellow Bilderberger Stefanos Manos, the main spokesman for the economic liberal tradition in Greece.
Political career
His political career began shortly after joining the party New Democracy where he remained for many years. He has been Minister of State and Undersecretary of State for New Democracy several times:
- State Secretary for Social Services (1976)
- Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1977)
- Minister of Culture and Science (1980)
- Minister of Commerce (1989)
- Minister for Industry, Energy, Technology and Trade (August 1991)
- Minister of State (August 1992)
He was elected to Piraeus as a Member of Parliament seven times, and in 1986 he was elected Mayor of Piraeus, where he remained until 1989.[3]
In 1999, during the NATO bombing of Serbia, he attacked Greek media and journalists as "carriers" of Serbian propaganda, causing a rift with Greek media and television. Prior to the 2004 parliamentary elections, he was elected to parliament as an independent. He sided with NATO instead of with Greek public opinion, which was overwhelming sympathetic to Serbia.[4]
In the early 2000s, he led a team of international consultants in advising the government of the Russian Federation, under the auspices of the EU, on "free competition and the advocacy of liberal market reforms", [5]
His was dismissed from his seat on 12 October 2006 by the Supreme Special Court, in accordance with the provisions on incompatibility with Parliament, as he was doing business (working as a head of an international expert group) advising Russian Russian government on Competition and Market Liberalization).
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1988 | 3 June 1988 | 5 June 1988 | Austria Interalpen-Hotel Telfs-Buchen | The 36th meeting, 114 participants |
References
- ↑ a b https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20111019075311/http://www.andrianopoulos.gr/0010000001/a7ee1259aae8004757457c80577496f4.html?_x_tr_sl=el&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
- ↑ https://www.acg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Andreas_Andrianopoulos_bio.pdf
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180814191918/http://www.andrianopoulos.gr/p/blog-page.html
- ↑ https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/greece-views-the-modern-world-april-2002
- ↑ https://www.acg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Andreas_Andrianopoulos_bio.pdf
