Nikos Kotzias
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Nikolaos Kotzias Νικόλαος Κοτζιάς MP |
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| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
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Assumed office 23 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Petros Molyviatis |
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In office 27 January 2015 – 28 August 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Evangelos Venizelos |
| Succeeded by | Petros Molyviatis |
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21 December 1950 Athens, Greece |
| Political party | Syriza |
| Alma mater | University of Giessen |
| Website | Official website |
Nikolaos Kotzias (Greek: Νικόλαος Κοτζιάς; born 21 December 1950) is a Greek diplomat and politician who has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece since 23 September 2015; previously he held the same post from 27 January to 28 August 2015. Nominated by SYRIZA, he was sworn in as a member of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in January 2015.
Kotzias studied Economics (Diploma) and Political Science and Philosophy (MA) in Athens and Law and Politics of European Integration (PhD and Post-doc) at the University of Giessen in Germany. According to his online biography worked as a researcher and taught at the Universities of Marburg, Oxford and Cambridge and he holds from 2008 on the position of Professor of Political Theories and International and European Studies at the University of Piraeus. He has specialized in issues of policy and political systems, societies and foreign policy of Brazil, India and Russia. He has been a member of many globally recognized international research teams on contemporary issues.
In addition to numerous other publications, he wrote 24 scientific books, published the German philosopher in the tradition of critical theory Jürgen Habermas in Greece and also released a collection of poems.
Kotzias was active as a student in the Lambrakis Democratic Youth and during the right-wing military dictatorship in Greece was a member of the Communist Youth of Greece. He was a secretary of the Federation of Greek Fraternities in Germany as well as the coordination point of the anti-dictatorship student organizations. Later he was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece and was repeatedly condemned by military courts. During his years in the Greek Communist Party, he became the party's ideological instructor. He was often praised for his masterful rhetoric and his profound knowledge of Marxist philosophy. During the 1980s, he praised the Polish government's crackdown on the Solidarity movement.
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