Makis Voridis
| Makis Voridis | |
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| Minister of Health | |
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In office 21 June 2012 – 27 January 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Antonis Samaras |
| Preceded by | Adonis Georgiadis |
| Succeeded by | Panagiotis Kouroumblis (Health and Social Security) |
| Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks | |
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In office 11 November 2011 – 17 May 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Antonis Samaras |
| Preceded by | Giannis Ragousis |
| Succeeded by | Simos Simopoulos |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 August 1964 Athens, Greece |
| Political party |
National Political Union (Before 1994) Hellenic Front (1994–2005) Popular Orthodox Rally (2005–2012) New Democracy (2012–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Danai Michelakos |
| Children | Christos |
| Alma mater |
University of Athens University College London |
| Religion | Greek Orthodoxy |
| Website | voridis |
Mavroudis (Makis) Voridis (Greek: Μαυρουδής (Μάκης) Χρήστου Βορίδης) (born 23 August 1964) is a Greek lawyer, politician and former Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks. He is also the former leader of the Hellenic Front party.
Voridis graduated from Athens College and acquired his degree from the Law School of the University of Athens. He also acquired a Master of Laws with merit from University College London. Voridis specialized in international commercial law, penal law, and the philosophy of law. During his time there, he was the leader of the fascist student group "Student Alternative". Voridis has denied any connection with far-right and has described himself as a national liberal
According to a former fellow student at Athens College, writing in Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Voridis formed the fascist student group "Free Pupils" that painted the walls with swastikas and saluted each other using the Nazi-era greeting "Heil Hitler." It was further alleged that during school elections, Voridis would violently threaten the Jewish students who opposed his fascist group, as well as their families.
After graduating from Athens College, he was appointed general secretary of the young wing of the National Political Union (EPEN), a far-right political party founded by a year earlier by the jailed leader of the 1967 military coup and junta leader Georgios Papadopoulos. Voridis, who replaced Nikos Michaloliakos (who went on to lead Golden Dawn) as EPEN’s youth leader, remained in this position until 1990.
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