Nikitas Kaklamanis
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Early life and education
Nikitas Michail Kaklamanis was born in Andros, Greece, on 1 April 1946. He graduated from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) in 1971, and specialized in radiation therapy. He received a Doctor of Medicine from NKUA in 1981.Template:Sfn
Career
Medicine
Kaklamanis worked at Aretaio Hospital from 1975 to 2008, and was in charge of one of its radiation theraphy departments starting in 1983. He was elected Secretary General of the Panhellenic Medical Association in 1987.Template:Sfn
Parliament
Kaklamanis became a member of New Democracy's (ND) central committee in 1986, and its executive committee in 1987.Template:Sfn
In the 1990 election Kaklamanis was elected to the Hellenic ParliamentTemplate:Sfn from Athens A. He resigned from parliament on 23 May 1994, and was replaced by Efstathios Giotas.Template:Sfn He was elected back to the Hellenic Parliament in 2000.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
In the May 2012 election Kaklamanis returned to parliament. He was expelled from ND on 31 March 2014, but was brought back into the party on 9 October.Template:Sfn
From 2004 to 2006, he was Minister of Health and Social Solidarity.Template:Sfn Kaklamanis became Deputy Speaker in parliament in 2015.Template:Sfn On 18 July 2019, he was elected First Vice President of parliament and reelected to that position on 29 May 2023.Template:Sfn
Konstantinos Tasoulas resigned as President of the Hellenic Parliament after being elected President of Greece by the parliament. On 22 January 2025, 247 members voted to elect Kaklamanis as president of the parliament while 50 voted present. He was supported by members of New Democracy, PASOK, Syriza, Greek Solution, Spartans, and most of the independent MPs while the MPs that voted present came from the Communist Party of Greece, Niki, New Left, and Course of Freedom.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
European Parliament
In the 1994 election Kaklamanis was elected to the European Parliament as a member of Political Spring.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn During his tenure he served on the Budgets committee and was vice-chair of the Transport and Tourism committee. He was vice-chair of the European Democratic Alliance from 19 July 1994 to 4 July 1995, and vice-chair of Union for Europe from 5 July 1995 to 19 July 1999.Template:Sfn
Mayoralty
On 22 December 2006, Kaklamanis resigned from parliament, being replaced by Maro Kontou,Template:Sfn after being elected mayor of Athens in the 2006 election. He lost reelection in 2010.Template:Sfn He was president of the Central Union of Municipalities and Communities of Greece from 15 May 2007 to October 2011.Template:Sfn
Personal life
Kaklamanis can speak French and English.Template:Sfn
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External links
Template:Mayors of Athens This page incorporates information from the Hellenic Parliament website
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