Nikolaos "Nikos" Dendias is a Greek lawyer and politician of the conservative New Democracy party.
11 Facts About Nikos Dendias
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Nikos Dendias is a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens, and was Minister for National Defence from November 2014 to January 2015.
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Nikos Dendias went to school in the Athens College, received a degree in law from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, a Master of Laws in Maritime and Insurance Law from the University College London and in Criminology from the London School of Economics.
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Nikos Dendias was elected as an MP for Corfu in the Greek parliament in the 2004,2007,2009 and June 2012 elections.
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On 8 January 2009, Nikos Dendias was named as Minister for Justice in the second cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis, serving briefly until the cabinet's resignation on 7 October 2009, following ND's defeat in the elections of 4 October.
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Nikos Dendias's agency was the subject of criticism over refusing asylum to Syrian refugees and detaining other migrants that flock to its borders under "unacceptable" conditions.
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In two 2014 reshuffles, Nikos Dendias became Minister for Development and Competitiveness, from 3 November 2014 to 27 January 2015, and later Minister for National Defence.
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Since 9 July 2019 Nikos Dendias has been serving as the Foreign Minister of Greece in Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis's New Democracy-led government which won the 2019 Greek legislative election.
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In October 2019, Nikos Dendias condemned Turkey's invasion of Syria, stating that "Turkey is making a big mistake".
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Immediately after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Nikos Dendias summoned the Russian ambassador to Greece to protest against the fact that Greek nationals were killed and six others wounded by Russian bombing near the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
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Nikos Dendias was received by his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, and the two foreign ministers toured an operations centre coordinating rescue efforts in Antakya, observed the devastation to the city from the air, and visited a camp where international rescue teams are based.