Nikos Paraskevopoulos
| Nikos Paraskevopoulos Νίκος Παρασκευόπουλος |
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| Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights | |
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Assumed office 23 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Dimitris Papangelopoulos |
| Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights | |
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In office 27 January – 28 August 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Charalampos Athanasiou |
| Succeeded by | Dimitris Papangelopoulos |
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| Born | Athens, Greece |
| Political party | Syriza[1] |
| Alma mater | National Technical University of Athens |
Nikos Paraskevopoulos (Greek: Νίκος Παρασκευόπουλος) is a Greek criminologist who is the Greek Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights. He was a Professor of criminal law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki's Law School. In the Greek legislative election, September 2015, 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.
Paraskevopoulos was responsible for criminal matters under former Minister of Justice George Kouvelakis (1993–95), and for prison inmates rehabilitation programs from 1988-1997. He is the vice president of KETHEA, the largest drug-addicts' rehabilitation and social reintegration network in Greece.
While in Syriza's 2012 shadow cabinet, Zoe Konstantopoulou had been nominated for justice, after the January 2015 legislative election it was decided to give the post to independent expert Paraskevopoulos.
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