Giorgos Gerapetritis

Giorgos Gerapetritis
Giorgos Gerapetritis
Γιώργος Γεραπετρίτης
	Gerapetritis in 2023
Minister for Foreign Affairs
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 27 June 2023
Prime Minister	Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Deputy	Georgios Kotsiras; Alexandra Papadopoulou
Preceded by	Vassilis Kaskarelis (caretaker)
Minister of State
	In office; 9 July 2019 – 26 May 2023
Prime Minister	Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded by	Dimitris Tzanakopoulos; Christoforos Vernardakis
Succeeded by	Vassilios Skouris (caretaker)
Minister of Infrastructure and Transport
	Acting
	In office; 1 March 2023 – 26 May 2023
Prime Minister	Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded by	Kostas Karamanlis
Succeeded by	Ioannis Golias (caretaker)
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
	In office; 7 July 2019 – 22 April 2023
Personal details
Born	26 June 1967 (age 57); Karpathos, Greece
Political party	New Democracy
Spouse	Alexandra Gourzi
Children	2
Alma mater	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (LLB) ; University of Edinburgh (LLM) ; University of Oxford (DPhil)
Occupation	Politician; professor; lawyer;

Giorgos Gerapetritis (Greek: Γιώργος Γεραπετρίτης; born 26 June 1967) is a Greek politician, professor and lawyer serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs since June 2023. He previously served as Minister of State from 2019 to 2023 and as Minister of Infrastructure and Transport from March to May 2023. A member of New Democracy, he was a member of the Hellenic Parliament from 2019 to 2023.

Born in Karpathos, Gerapetritis attended Ionideios Model High School of Piraeus and later studied at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He earned his master's degree in public law at the University of Edinburgh and his doctorate in law from the University of Oxford. He then became a Chevening Scholar of the British Council for postgraduate research and a Fellow at the French Conseil d’Etat. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School, and has been a professor of constitutional law in the faculty of law at the University of Athens since 2003. In his legal career, Gerapetritis was the Legal Counsel to the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2003 and also to the Minister of Education and Religions from 2007 to 2008. He was also Legal Counsel to the Prime Minister's office from 2009 to 2010.

Gerapetritis was elected to the Hellenic Parliament at the 2019 Greek legislative election, and was appointed Minister of State under Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis shortly after his election. He became the acting Minister of Infrastructure and Transport in March 2023 after the resignation of his predecessor, Kostas Karamanlis, following the Tempi train crash. He served in both ministerial positions until the dissolution of the First Mitsotakis Cabinet in May 2023. He returned to the government in the Second Mitsotakis Cabinet in June of the same year as Minister for Foreign Affairs. His tenure as foreign minister has come amidst several foreign conflicts, notably the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Gaza war. His tenure has also overseen closer relations with Turkey, as well as with the United States and other European countries. He has advocated for the return of the Elgin Marbles to Greece, and also overseen Greece's successful candidacy to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the 2025–26 term.