About Vangelis Meimarakis
Evangelos-Vasileios "Vangelis" Meimarakis (Greek: Ευάγγελος-Βασίλειος "Βαγγέλης" Μεϊμαράκης, pronounced [eˈvaɲɟelos vaˈsili.os vaɲˈɟelis mei̯maˈracis]; born 14 December 1953) is a Greek politician who served as the acting President of New Democracy and Leader of the Opposition in Greece from 5 July to 24 November 2015, competing as the challenger to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the September 2015 Greek legislative election. He lost in the run-off of the New Democracy leadership election, 2015–16. Since 2019, he has been a Member of the European Parliament. Meimarakis previously served as the Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament from 2012 to 2014 and as Minister for National Defence from 2006 to 2009. He was a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens B from 1989 until 2019. Meimarakis joined New Democracy in 1974 as a student at Panteion University. Meimarakis was appointed chairman of.
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