Ioannis Plakiotakis, MP, has studied Biochemical Engineering at the University of Wales and holds two postgraduate degrees from the University of London and the City University Business School, specializing in Biochemical Engineering and Business Administration.
He was first elected as an MP in 2004 elections, and he has been re-elected in the elections of 2007, 2009, May and June 2012 and January and September of 2015.
He served as Deputy Minister of Defence concerning for the army infrastructure project, meteorology and military sports from September 2007 to October 2009. In 2009 he was appointed Head of Marine and Island Policy Committee for the political party of New Democracy. From 2012 to 2014 he was a member of the Greek delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). From June 2014 to January 2015 he served as Deputy Minister of Labour, Social Security and Welfare, responsible for the management of the European Social Fund and the Community employment programs. In February 2015 he was unanimously elected General Secretary of the Parliamentary Group. He was a member of the Standing Parliamentary Committee on Defense and member of the Parliamentary Committee on Production and Trade, Social Affairs and Equality, Youth and Human Rights. Since February 2016, he is a member of the Greek parliamentary delegation to the NATO Assembly. He is currently a member of the evaluation committee of candidates who wish to participate in the electoral party lists and heads the Marine and Island Policy Committee of New Democracy.
