| Nikos Voutsis Νίκος Βούτσης |
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| Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament | |
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Assumed office 4 October 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Zoi Konstantopoulou |
| Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction | |
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In office 27 January 2015 – 28 August 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Argyris Dinopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Antonis Manitakis |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 March 1951 Athens, Greece |
| Political party | Syriza |
| Alma mater | National Technical University of Athens |
Nikos Voutsis (Greek: Νίκος Βούτσης; born 4 March 1951) is a Greek politician who served as the Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction from January 2015 to August 2015 in the First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras. Since 4 October 2015 he is the Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament.
Voutsis was born in Athens. He graduated from the University of Athens and the National Technical University of Athens with a degree in civil engineering.
Voutsis served as a regional councillor in Attica with the group "Attiki Cooperation –No to the Memorandum" from 2010 to 2012.
Voutsis was first elected as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament representing Athens A in the May 2012 legislative election, and was reelected in June 2012 and January 2015.
Re-elected in the September 2015 elections, on 4 October 2015 he was elected as the new Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament with 181 votes.