Stavros Dimas
| Stavros Dimas Σταύρος Δήμας |
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| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 11 November 2011 – 17 May 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Lucas Papademos |
| Preceded by | Stavros Lambrinidis |
| Succeeded by | Petros Molyviatis |
| Deputy Leader of New Democracy | |
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Assumed office 2 July 2010 |
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| Leader | Antonis Samaras |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| European Commissioner for the Environment | |
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In office 22 November 2004 – 9 February 2010 |
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| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Margot Wallström |
| Succeeded by | Janez Potočnik |
| European Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs | |
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In office 18 February 2004 – 22 November 2004 |
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| President | Romano Prodi |
| Preceded by | Anna Diamantopoulou |
| Succeeded by | Vladimír Špidla (Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
30 April 1941 Klenia, Greece |
| Political party | New Democracy |
| Alma mater |
University of Athens New York University |
Stavros Dimas (Greek: Σταύρος Δήμας, Greek pronunciation: [ˈstavros ˈðimas]; born 30 April 1941) is a Greek politician who was European Commissioner for the Environment from 2004 to 2009. From November 2011 to May 2012, he served in the government of Greece as Minister for Foreign Affairs. The New Democracy–PASOK coalition government nominated him for the post of President of Greece in December 2014, but he failed to achieve the necessary votes, forcing the dissolution of parliament.
Stavros Dimas was born in 1941 in the village of Klenia, Corinthia. Dimas studied law at the University of Athens and went on to earn a Master of Laws from New York University.
In 1968 he began working as a lawyer for a firm on Wall Street, moving to the World Bank the following year, where he worked on investments in Africa and the Middle East. In 1975 he returned to Greece to take up the post of deputy governor of the Hellenic Industrial Development Bank (ETVA), while also being a member of the committee preparing Greek accession to the EEC.
From 1977 he was active in Greek politics as a member of the conservative New Democracy party, being elected as an MP on the nationwide list. He was elected to the Greek parliament ten consecutive times from that year.
He went on to hold a variety of ministerial and other political positions:
Dimas served briefly in the Prodi Commission. He was appointed European Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs in March 2004, taking over the role from the previous Greek Commissioner Anna Diamantopoulou. A major focus of his work during this time involved making it more difficult for states to opt out of the Working Time Directive. The Greek government nominated Dimas for the incoming Barroso Commission which took office on 22 November 2004.
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