Nikitas Kaklamanis

Nikitas Kaklamanis
Νικήτας Κακλαμάνης
Mayor of Athens
In office 1 January 2007 – 31 December 2010
Preceded by	Dora Bakoyannis
Succeeded by	Giorgos Kaminis
Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
In office 6 February 2015 – 4 July 2023
President	Zoe Konstantopoulou Nikos Voutsis Konstantinos Tasoulas
Minister for Health and Social Solidarity
In office 10 March 2004 – 14 February 2006
Prime Minister	Kostas Karamanlis
Preceded by	Costas Stefanis
Succeeded by	Dimitris Avramopoulos
Personal details
Born	(1946-04-01) 1 April 1946 (age 78) Andros, Greece
Political party	New Democracy

Nikitas M. Kaklamanis (Greek: Νικήτας Κακλαμάνης; born 1 April 1946 in Andros) is a Greek New Democracy (ND) politician and former mayor of Athens. He is also a former Minister for Health and Social Solidarity. In the Greek local elections of 2010 he lost the position of mayor after being defeated by Giorgos Kaminis.

Medical career

Kaklamanis was born in Andros. Kaklamanis studied medicine at the Medical School of the University of Athens. His medical training was spent in Ioannina. From 1975 to 1981, he worked at the Aretaieio Hospital in Athens, first as an assistant and then as a registrar. He qualified as a radiation oncologist, his second specialisation, in 1980. He was awarded his doctorate in 1981. He served as secretary-general to the Panhellenic Medical Association from 1984 to 1989 and was elected on the ND ticket. In 1989, he was elected Assistant Professor of Radiotherapy–Oncology at the University of Athens.

In popular culture

Some of his rivals or haters nicknamed him "Omer Prioni" (a pun of the Albanian Name Vrioni and the Greek word prioni. Prioni means "saw" in Greek language) or Nikitaras the Woodeater (a pun of the Greek 1821 Revolution Hero Nikitaras the Turkeater) because Nikita Kaklamanis cut a lot of trees.

External links

• City Mayors Profile of Nikitas Kaklamanis
• Personal profile of Nikitas Kaklamanis in the European Parliament's database of members
• Terms of office of Nikitas Kaklamanis at the Hellenic Parliament (in English)

Political offices
Preceded by Kostas Stefanis	Minister for Health and Social Solidarity 2004–2006	Succeeded by Dimitris Avramopoulos
Preceded by Theodoros Bechrakis	Mayor of Athens 2007–2010	Succeeded by Giorgos Kaminis

This page incorporates information from the Hellenic Parliament website