Theodoros Skylakakis

Thodoros Skylakakis (Greek Θόδωρος Σκυλακάκης, born October 18, 1959 in Athens ) is a Greek politician of the liberal- conservative party Drasi. It's 2009 Member of the European Parliament since the European elections.

Life

Thodoros Skylakakis studied 1978-1981 Economics at the University of Athens and specialized then until 1982 with an MBA in marketing from City University London and a Diploma in Market Research at the British Market Research Society.

From 1985 he worked in the communications sector, where he founded two companies. In addition, he was active politically for the conservative party New Democracy ( ND): In 1989 he was an adviser to the Greek defense minister Ioannis Varvitsiotis, 1990 worked until 1993 the Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis. In addition, he was responsible for policy planning in the Greek parliamentary elections in 1989, 1990 and 1993 during the campaign committee of the ND. From 1994 to 1999 he headed the Research Center E31. In 1995 he also published a book on the dispute over the name of Macedonia.

From 1999 to 2000 Skylakakis was Secretary General of the small Liberal Party O Phileleftheros. In 2003 he was elected to the city council of Athens, where he was also the Chief Financial Vice- Mayor of the city until 2006. From 2003 to 2004 he was a 2004 responsible for the preparation and holding of the Olympic Games in Athens. In 2006 he took up a job in the Greek Foreign Ministry, where he was responsible for international economic relations and development cooperation. He was also special envoy for climate change, as well as Chairman of the Interministerial Committee for the protection of intellectual property.

In the European elections in Greece in 2009 Skylakakis was chosen for the ND in the European Parliament, where he, like the other ND members of the Group of the European People's Party ( Christian Democrats) joined. He was also a member of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

In the wake of the Greek financial crisis, there were 2010 conflict between Skylakakis and the ND after this the by the Greek government under George Papandreou (PASOK ) introduced austerity measures refused to support. Together with other party members Skylakakis therefore resigned from the ND and joined the newly formed party Dimokratiki Symmachia. In May 2011, he also left the EPP Group in the European Parliament, to join the liberal ALDE group. May 2012, the party was dissolved and November of the same year he joined the party Drasi.

Skylakakis is married and has two daughters.