1. Mavroudis Voridis is a Greek politician and lawyer.
14 Facts About Makis Voridis
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Makis Voridis previously served as Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks in the Cabinet of Lucas Papademos, Minister for Health in the Cabinet of Antonis Samaras, and Minister for Rural Development and Food in the original Mitsotakis cabinet.
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Makis Voridis acquired a Master of Laws with merit from University College London.
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Makis Voridis specialized in international commercial law, criminal law, and the philosophy of law.
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Makis Voridis himself has denied any connection with far-right politics, instead describing himself as a national liberal.
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Makis Voridis, who replaced Nikolaos Michaloliakos as EPEN's youth leader, remained in this position until 1990.
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Makis Voridis unsuccessfully ran for the position of Athens mayor in 1998 and 2002.
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The Hellenic Front under the chairmanship of Makis Voridis performed lamentably in the 2004 general election and managed to gather only 7000 votes.
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Makis Voridis became a member of the political council of LAOS.
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Makis Voridis later competed for a council seat in the 2006 local elections on the LAOS ticket in East Attica.
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On 16 September 2007, Makis Voridis was elected Member of the Greek Parliament with LAOS, calling up 8,663 votes in the Attica district, with a potential difference of 5174 votes from the second candidate, Tania Iakovidou, a TV journalist.
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In November 2011, Makis Voridis was appointed Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks in the coalition government headed by Lucas Papademos.
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On 10 June 2014, Makis Voridis was appointed Minister for Health, despite significant concern from Jewish and other groups.
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Makis Voridis admitted his many years of coexistence with anti-Semites, but declared that he is pro-Israel and that he has never been an anti-Semite.