Adonis Georgiades
| Adonis Georgiadis | |
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| Minister of Health | |
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In office 25 June 2013 – 9 June 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Antonis Samaras |
| Preceded by | Andreas Lykourentzos |
| Succeeded by | Makis Voridis |
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| Born |
6 November 1972 Athens, Greece |
| Political party |
LA.O.S. (Before 2012) New Democracy (2012–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Eugenia Manolidou |
| Children | Athanassios-Perseas |
| Alma mater | University of Athens |
| Religion | Greek Orthodoxy |
| Website | Official website |
Spyridon-Adonis Georgiadis (Greek: Σπυρίδων-Άδωνις Γεωργιάδης; born 6 November 1972), better known as Adonis Georgiadis, is a Greek politician, historian, publisher, and author. He is Vice-President of New Democracy. He was Minister for Health from June 2013 until June 2014.
Georgiades' ancestry is from Lefkada, Macedonia (Amyntaio), Pontus, and Smyrna. He started working at his father’s bookstore at 15. He received his university degree in 1992 from the Department of History and Archaeology of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Athens.
He served as the spokesman for the nationalist Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) political party until August 2007. Georgiades ran for the office of the Prefect of Athens in the 2006 elections, and on September 16, 2007 was elected into the Greek parliament. He was overwhelmingly re-elected on October 4, 2009 for the 2nd district of Athens. During November 2010 he was LAOS' candidate peripheral governor for Attica periphery in the periphery election.
On 11 November 2011, he was appointed Deputy Minister for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping in the coalition government of Lucas Papademos. As a Deputy Minister he proceeded to lift the cabotage (which bolstered the economy), something that had been announced many times in the past but was never done by his predecessors, achieved the railway connection of Limenos - Alexandropoulis, saved millions of euros for the Greek state and combated bureaucracy.
He resigned on 11 February 2012. On 13 February, he was crossed out of the parliamentary team of LAOS due to voting the second Memorandum against party line. On 17 February he joined New Democracy, having first given up his parliamentary seat to LAOS. He was elected in Parliament for 2nd district of Athens in both May and June elections.
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