Dimitris Avramopoulos

Dimitris Avramopoulos
Dimitris Avramopoulos
Δημήτρης Αβραμόπουλος
	Avramopoulos in 2015
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 21 May 2023
	In office; 7 March 2004 – 31 December 2014
	In office; 10 October 1993 – 31 December 1994
European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship
	In office; 1 November 2014 – 30 November 2019
President	Jean-Claude Juncker
Preceded by	Cecilia Malmström (Home Affairs); Martine Reicherts (Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship)
Succeeded by	Ylva Johansson
Deputy Leader of New Democracy
	In office; 2 July 2010 – 8 March 2015 Serving with Stavros Dimas
Leader	Antonis Samaras
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Adonis Georgiadis
Minister for National Defence
	In office; 25 June 2013 – 31 October 2014
Prime Minister	Antonis Samaras
Preceded by	Panos Panagiotopoulos
Succeeded by	Nikolaos Dendias
	In office; 11 November 2011 – 17 May 2012
Prime Minister	Lucas Papademos
Preceded by	Panagiotis Beglitis
Succeeded by	Frangoulis Frangos
Minister for Foreign Affairs
	In office; 21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013
Prime Minister	Antonis Samaras
Preceded by	Petros Molyviatis
Succeeded by	Evangelos Venizelos
Minister of Health and Social Solidarity
	In office; 15 February 2007 – 7 October 2009
Prime Minister	Kostas Karamanlis
Preceded by	Nikitas Kaklamanis
Succeeded by	Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou
Minister of Tourism
	In office; 18 March 2004 – 15 February 2006
Prime Minister	Kostas Karamanlis
Preceded by	Akis Tsochatzopoulos (Development)
Succeeded by	Fani Palli-Petralia
Mayor of Athens
	In office; 1 January 1995 – 31 December 2002
Preceded by	Leonidas Kouris
Succeeded by	Dora Bakoyannis
Personal details
Born	6 June 1953 (age 71); Athens, Greece
Political party	New Democracy
Spouse	Vivian Spanoudi
Children	2
Education	University of Athens; Université libre de Bruxelles

Dimitris Avramopoulos (Greek: Δημήτρης Αβραμόπουλος; born 6 June 1953) is a Greek politician of the conservative New Democracy party, and former career diplomat. He has served in various high-level cabinet posts, including Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for National Defence, and was Mayor of Athens in 1995–2002. He served as EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship in the Juncker Commission between 2014 and 2019.