Apostolos Kaklamanis
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Apostolos Kaklamanis (born September 7, 1936 in Lefkada
Lefkada
Lefkada, or Leucas or Leucadia , is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of Greece, connected to the mainland by a long causeway and floating bridge. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Lefkada . It is situated on the northern part of the island,...

) is a Greek
Greece
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 politician
Politician
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 and member of the Greek Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...

 (PASOK) for the Athens B constituency.

He has been elected as a PASOK MP in all the general elections since 1974.

He speaks English
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.

He has held the following government posts:
  • Minister of Employment
    Minister for Employment and Social Protection (Greece)
    The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is a government department of Greece. The incumbent minister is Giorgos Koutroumanis.-List of Ministers of Employment and Social Protection:-List of Ministers of Labour and Social Security:-External links:*...

     (2 times)
  • Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs (2 times)
  • Minister for Justice
    Minister for Justice (Greece)
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  • Minister for Research and Technology
  • Minister for Health and Social Solidarity
    Minister for Health and Social Solidarity (Greece)
    The Ministry for Health and Social Solidarity is a government department of Greece. The incumbent minister is Andreas Loverdos.-List of Ministers for Health, Welfare and Social Insurance :...

  • Deputy Minister to the Presidency


He was Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
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 from 22 October 1993 to 19 March 2004.

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