Nikitas Kaklamanis

Nikitas M. Kaklamanis (Greek: Νικήτας Κακλαμάνης; born 1 April 1946 in Andros) is a Greek New Democracy (ND) politician and former Mayor of Athens. He is also a former Minister for Health and Social Solidarity. In the Greek local elections of 2010 he lost the position of mayor after being defeated by Giorgos Kaminis.

Nikitas Kaklamanis

Νικήτας Κακλαμάνης
Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
Assumed office
4 October 2015
Mayor of Athens
In office
1 January 2007  29 December 2010
Preceded byDora Bakoyannis
Succeeded byGiorgos Kaminis
Minister for Health and Social Solidarity (Greece)
In office
2004–2006
Personal details
Born (1946-04-01) 1 April 1946
Andros, Greece
NationalityGreek
Political partyNew Democracy

Medical career

Kaklamanis was born in Andros. Kaklamanis studied medicine at the Medical School of the University of Athens. His medical training was spent in Ioannina. From 1975 to 1981, he worked at the Aretaieio Hospital in Athens, first as an assistant and then as a registrar. He qualified as a radiation oncologist, his second specialisation, in 1980. He was awarded his doctorate in 1981. He served as secretary-general to the Panhellenic Medical Association from 1984 to 1989 and was elected on the ND ticket. In 1989, he was elected Assistant Professor of Radiotherapy–Oncology at the University of Athens.

Political offices
Preceded by
Kostas Stefanis
Minister for Health and Social Solidarity
20042006
Succeeded by
Dimitris Avramopoulos
Preceded by
Theodoros Bechrakis
Mayor of Athens
2007–2010
Succeeded by
Giorgos Kaminis

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