Miltiadis Varvitsiotis
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Miltiadis Varvitsiotis Μιλτιάδης Βαρβιτσιώτης | |
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| Alternate Minister for European Affairs | |
| In office 9 July 2019 – 26 May 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
| Preceded by | Sia Anagnostopoulou |
| Minister for Shipping and Aegean | |
| In office 27 June 2023 – 27 January 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Antonis Samaras |
| Preceded by | Kostis Moussouroulis |
| Succeeded by | Giorgos Stathakis |
| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office January 2009 – October 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Kostas Karamanlis |
| Minister | Dora Bakoyannis |
| Minister for Shipping and Aegean | |
| In office 27 June 2023 – 12 September 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Theodore Kliares |
| Succeeded by | Christos Stylianides |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 June 1969 |
| Party | New Democracy |
| Alma mater | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (LLB) Harvard University (ALM) |
Miltiadis Varvitsiotis (Greek: Μιλτιάδης Βαρβιτσιώτης, Miltiádis Varvitsiótis; born June 21, 1969) is a Greek politician and attorney, who served as Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs for European Affairs in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, from 9 July 2019 to 26 May 2023.[1] A member of the New Democracy, he is a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens B2 (West Suburbs).[2]
He previously served as Minister of Shipping and the Aegean (2013–2015) in the Cabinet of Antonis Samaras, and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (2009) in the Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis II.[3][4]
Miltiadis Varvitsiotis was born in Glyfada, Attica on June 21, 1969.[5] He is son of former Minister Ioannis Varvitsiotis. In 1987, he graduated from Athens College. He studied Athens Law School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and earned a law degree in 1994. From 1994 to 1996, he attended Harvard Extension School, where he earned a master in International Relations, in 1996.[6] He speaks English, French and Italian.
When he returned to Greece, he worked as an attorney.