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Vangelis Meimarakis

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Evangelos-Vasileios "Vangelis" Meimarakis (Greek: Ευάγγελος-Βασίλειος "Βαγγέλης" Μεϊμαράκης, pronounced [eˈvaɲɟelos vaˈsili.os vaɲˈɟelis mei̯maˈracis]; born 14 December 1953) is a Greek politician who served as the acting President of New Democracy and Leader of the Opposition in Greece from 5 July to 24 November 2015, competing as the challenger to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the September 2015 Greek legislative election. He lost in the run-off of the New Democracy leadership election, 2015–16. Since 2019, he has been a Member of the European Parliament. Meimarakis previously served as the Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament from 2012 to 2014 and as Minister for National Defence from 2006 to 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vangelis Meimarakis is the 16,923rd most popular politician (down from 16,717th in 2019), the 836th most popular biography from Greece (up from 846th in 2019) and the 357th most popular Greek Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vangelis Meimarakis ranks 16,923 out of 19,576. Before him are Maja Gojković, Natalya Petrusyova, Akwasi Afrifa, Yaël Braun-Pivet, Martín Vázquez, and Edward Brooke. After him are Keen Johnson, Nancy Faeser, Eadberht III Præn, Stanley Wagner, John de Jongh Jr., and Princess Claire of Belgium.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Vangelis Meimarakis ranks 508. Before him are Pat Symonds, Paul Mariner, Mayumi Aoki, Christine Ebersole, Carol Thatcher, and Lawrence Venuti. After him are Mindy Sterling, Álex Angulo, Lesli Linka Glatter, Rob Bailey, Amy Hill, and Naoto Satō.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Vangelis Meimarakis ranks 837 out of 1,024. Before him are Robert Kagan (1958), Kostas Chalkias (1974), Kostas Katsouranis (1979), Vassilios Skouris (1948), Dimitris Salpingidis (1981), and Thalia Flora-Karavia (1871). After him are Nikos Dendias (1959), Kostas Mitroglou (1988), Theodoros Papaloukas (1977), Zisis Vryzas (1973), Katy Garbi (1961), and Michael Dertouzos (1936).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Vangelis Meimarakis ranks 357. Before him are Theodore Katsanevas (1947), Nikos Kotzias (1950), Theodoros Pangalos (1938), Benizelos Roufos (1795), Evripidis Bakirtzis (1895), and Dimitris Avramopoulos (1953). After him are Nikos Dendias (1959), Margaritis Schinas (1962), Georgios Bartzokas (1965), Fofi Gennimata (1964), Ioannis Palaiokrassas (1934), and Marietta Giannakou (1951).

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