Nikos Paraskevopoulos

Nikos Paraskevopoulos Νίκος Παρασκευόπουλος
Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights
In office 23 September 2015 – 4 November 2016
Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras
Preceded by	Dimitris Papangelopoulos
Succeeded by	Stavros Kontonis
Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights
In office 27 January – 28 August 2015
Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras
Preceded by	Charalampos Athanasiou [el]
Succeeded by	Dimitris Papangelopoulos
Personal details
Born	1949 Athens, Greece
Political party	Syriza[1]
Alma mater	National Technical University of Athens

Nikos Paraskevopoulos (Greek: Νίκος Παρασκευόπουλος) is a Greek criminologist who is a former Greek Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights. He was a professor of criminal law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki's Law School.[2] In the September 2015 Greek legislative election, he was elected MP for the Thessaloniki A constituency with Syriza. He has also served as the Minister of Justice of Greece from 27 January to 28 August 2015.[3]

Paraskevopoulos was responsible for criminal matters under former Minister of Justice George Kouvelakis (1993–95), and for prison inmates rehabilitation programs from 1988 to 1997.[3] He is the vice president of KETHEA, the largest drug-addicts' rehabilitation and social reintegration network in Greece.[2]

While in Syriza's 2012 shadow cabinet, Zoe Konstantopoulou had been nominated for justice,[4] after the January 2015 legislative election it was decided to give the post to independent expert Paraskevopoulos.[3]

References

1. "Ανά Κοινοβουλευτική Ομάδα".
2. "Institutional framework". KETHEA. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
3. "They're strong, stubborn and (mainly) SYRIZA… Who are the people who have vowed to take Greece out of the depths of despair?". Proto Thema. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
4. Δεκαέξι «σκιώδεις υπουργούς» έχρισε ο Τσίπρας [Tsipras appoints 16 shadow ministers]. Ethnos (in Greek). 3 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

Political offices
Preceded by Charalampos Athanasiou [el]	Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights 27 January 2015–28 August 2015	Succeeded by Dimitris Papangelopoulos
Preceded by Dimitris Papangelopoulos	Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights 23 September 2015–2016	Succeeded by Stavros Kontonis