Economist Conferences – Greece
Nikos Dendias
Minister of national defence, Greece
Nikolaos 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 honours). 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 (2012-2014), minister of development and competitiveness (2014), minister of national defence (2014-2015) and minister of foreign affairs (2019-2023). In June 2023 he was reappointed minister of national defence.
He is married to Dafni Lala and has three children.