Economist Conferences – Greece
Nikolaos Dendias
Minister of national defenceNikolaos Dendias was born in Corfu and hails from Paxi. He is a graduate of the Athens College and of the Athens University Law School (with honors). He holds a Master of Laws (LL.M) from the University of London, specialising in maritime and insurance law (University College – UCL) and criminology (London School of Economics – LSE). He is a Supreme Court lawyer.
Nikolaos Dendias was first elected member of parliament in 2004 and has been re-elected ever since. He has served as minister of justice (2009), minister of public order and citizen protection (2012-14), minister of development and competitiveness (2014), minister of national defense (2014-15) and minister of foreign affairs (2019-23). In June 2023 he was reappointed minister of national defence.
He is married to Dafni Lala and has three children.