Mr Takis has previously served as Secretary General of Migration Policy of the Ministry of the Interior (2009-2011), as Deputy Ombudsman, Head of the Greek Ombudsman's Human Rights Department (2003-2009), and as member of the National Commission for Human Rights (2003-2011). Recently, he has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of the State Museum of Modern Art in Thessaloniki. He has also published several books and contributed with numerous articles in the fields of law, political theory, and ethics.