Corfu Member of Parliament Stefanos Gikas replaces retiring PN Captain Yiannis Pappas.
Stefanos Ghikas was born in Corfu in 1960. He’s the son of Basic Sotiris Ghikas, a former MP for New Democracy, elected 4 occasions by the individuals of Corfu within the interval 1981-1993.
He graduated from the College of Zosimaia Ioannina in 1977 and entered the College of Naval Cadets and the Arithmetic Division of the College of Crete, however selected the occupation of a Naval Officer, graduating in 1981 with the grade “Wonderful”.
He holds a Grasp of Science in Electrical Engineering from the College of Monterey, USA, the place he studied on scholarship within the interval 1988-1990, in addition to a Grasp’s Diploma in Strategic & Protection Research (SEETHA, 2005) and a Grasp’s Diploma in Naval Science and Technique graded “Wonderful” (NSP 1996).
He’s additionally a Graduate of the US Naval Operational Coaching Middle in San Diego, USA.
Within the interval 1991-92 he was on the Frigate “LIMNOS” and took half within the ship’s vital mission within the Persian Gulf.
He was the Governor of the “ANNINOS” Missile, 1995-1996, collaborating in quite a few missions of excessive nationwide significance (the interval of the IMIA disaster). Within the interval 2000-2003 he was chosen by the Ministry of Nationwide Protection to serve in a diplomatic submit on the Greek Delegation at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.
From his place as Nationwide Consultant in Committees and Working Teams, he efficiently negotiated many circumstances of sovereign nationwide curiosity, such because the NATO-European Union relationship community and coping with Turkey’s perspective.
From July 2003 to 2004 he was Commander of the Frigate “SALAMIS”, the flagship of the Greek Navy and underneath his command the ship acquired vital distinctions at each Nationwide and Allied stage. He was awarded the best awards and honors of his diploma.
He was a detailed affiliate and make contact with particular person of two Ministers of Nationwide Protection within the Authorities of Kostas Karamanlis, Mr. Spilios Spiliotopoulos and Mr. Evangelos Meimarakis, as Press Spokesman and Director of Data of the Ministry of Protection within the three years 2004-2007. From this place, he dealt with delicate nationwide points and supported the Authorities’s work within the discipline of Protection within the Greek and worldwide media, and arranged the providers of the Intelligence Directorate on a extra environment friendly foundation.
Within the September 2007 elections, he got here down as a Deputy Member of Parliament of the Nationwide Democratic Get together. in Corfu. He acquired 8,000 preferential votes, however misplaced his parliamentary seat because of the present Electoral Legislation, for the reason that ND misplaced his seat in relation to the 2004 Elections. Within the European Elections in June 2009 he was the Press Consultant for the celebration in Corfu. Within the October 2009 elections, he was the primary Member of Parliament to come back second for Corfu.
From March 2010 to January 2011, he was Particular Adviser to the ND Head of Nationwide Protection, Member of Parliament Serres Theofilos Leontaridis.
With a choice from the President of the celebration, Antonis Samaras, in January 2011, he was appointed Deputy Head of the Nationwide Protection Division of the ND, a place he held for 4 years.
Within the elections of Could 6, 2012, he stood once more as a candidate for Parliament with the ND in Corfu, however in accordance with the choice of the Court docket of First Occasion of Corfu, he was in second place with a distinction of 43 votes from the primary. . A call he contested. He appealed to the Electoral Court docket, however his enchantment was not thought of. Within the June 2012 Record elections, he was once more First Deputy Member of Parliament for Corfu.
Within the January 2015 elections, he was elected Member of Parliament for Corfu (ND) and acquired 60% of the votes of the Druids in Corfu.
Through the interval February – September 2015, as Member of Parliament for Corfu, he served as: Deputy Head of the Division of Tourism of the ND, member of the Division of Overseas Affairs of the ND, member of the Standing Committee for Overseas Affairs and Protection of the Parliament, in addition to a member of the Parliament’s Sub-Committee on Gear Packages and Contracts.
Within the remaining checklist elections of September 2015, Corfu unexpectedly misplaced – for the primary time since 1974 – the New Democracy Seat. Regardless of shedding his seat, he continued to be politically energetic in Corfu, holding political workplaces in each Corfu and Athens.
Within the July 2019 elections, he was ceremoniously re-elected as Member of Parliament for Corfu and the ND acquired greater than 60% of the faction’s votes, i.e. 10,400 votes.
He’s a member of the Standing Committee on Overseas Affairs and Protection of Parliament, Secretary to the Standing Committee on Gear Packages and Contracts, and Secretary to the Finance Committee of Parliament. He’s additionally a member of the Parliamentary Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union and Vice-President of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with the UK. It carries out intensive parliamentary exercise.
He speaks English and French and has two daughters aged 21 and 25.
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