Dimitris Avramopoulos

**Dimitris Avramopoulos** (born 6 June 1953) is a Greek politician. He is a member of the New Democracy party. He was Mayor of Athens from 1995 to 2002.

He was the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for National Defence between 2012 to 2014. He was EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship in the Juncker Commission between 2014 and 2019.

## Other websites

- New Democracy website
- Greek Parliament site
- Dimitris Avramopoulos site
- www.elections2014.eu

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Dimitris Avramopoulos
- **image**: Commissioner D. Avramopoulos speaks at Global Forum on Migration and Devolopment in Istanbul, 14 10 2015 (21547352723) (cropped).jpg
- **office**: Hellenic Parliament, Member of the Hellenic Parliament
- **term start**: 21 May 2023
- **term start1**: 7 March 2004
- **term end1**: 31 December 2014
- **term start2**: 10 October 1993
- **term end2**: 31 December 1994
- **office3**: European Commissioner for List of European Commission portfolios#Home Affairs, Migration, Home Affairs and European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, Citizenship
- **president3**: Jean-Claude Juncker
- **term start3**: 1 November 2014
- **term end3**: 30 November 2019
- **predecessor3**: Cecilia Malmström (Home Affairs)
Martine Reicherts (Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship)
- **successor3**: Ylva Johansson
- **office4**: Deputy Leader of New Democracy (Greece), New Democracy
- **leader4**: Antonis Samaras
- **term start4**: 2 July 2010
- **term end4**: 8 March 2015
- **alongside4**: Stavros Dimas
- **predecessor4**: Position established
- **successor4**: Adonis Georgiadis
- **office5**: Minister of National Defence (Greece), Minister for National Defence
- **primeminister5**: Antonis Samaras
- **term start5**: 25 June 2013
- **term end5**: 31 October 2014
- **predecessor5**: Panos Panagiotopoulos
- **successor5**: Nikolaos Dendias
- **primeminister6**: Lucas Papademos
- **term start6**: 11 November 2011
- **term end6**: 17 May 2012
- **predecessor6**: Panagiotis Beglitis
- **successor6**: Frangoulis Frangos
- **office7**: Minister of Foreign Affairs (Greece), Minister for Foreign Affairs
- **primeminister7**: Antonis Samaras
- **term start7**: 21 June 2012
- **term end7**: 25 June 2013
- **predecessor7**: Petros Molyviatis
- **successor7**: Evangelos Venizelos
- **office8**: Ministry of Health (Greece), Minister of Health and Social Solidarity
- **primeminister8**: Kostas Karamanlis
- **term start8**: 15 February 2007
- **term end8**: 7 October 2009
- **predecessor8**: Nikitas Kaklamanis
- **office9**: Ministry of Tourism (Greece), Minister of Tourism
- **primeminister9**: Kostas Karamanlis
- **term start9**: 18 March 2004
- **term end9**: 15 February 2006
- **predecessor9**: Akis Tsochatzopoulos (Minister for Development (Greece), Development)
- **successor9**: Fani Palli-Petralia
- **office10**: List of mayors of Athens, Mayor of Athens
- **term start10**: 1 January 1995
- **term end10**: 31 December 2002
- **predecessor10**: Leonidas Kouris
- **successor10**: Dora Bakoyannis
- **birth place**: Athens, Kingdom of Greece
- **party**: New Democracy (Greece), New Democracy
- **spouse**: Vivian Spanoudi
- **children**: 2
- **education**: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Athens
Université libre de Bruxelles
- **caption**: Avramopoulos in 2015