Spilios Spiliotopoulos was the Greek

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 Minister of National Defence from May 2004 until February 2006. A graduate of the Hellenic Air Force Academy

Hellenic Air Force Academy

The Hellenic Air Force Academy is a military academy responsible for supplying the Hellenic Air Force with professionally trained pilots, aircraft engineers and air defence inspectors. It was founded in 1919 as the Military Academy of Aviation and renamed in 1967 as the Icarus School in reference...

, Spiliotopoulos also holds degrees in law and philosophy. He is a member of the New Democracy

New Democracy (Greece)

New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic...

 party and has been a member of parliament since 1989. From 1992-93, he served as Deputy Minister of National Defense. On August 7, 2007, he announced that he would not participate in the 2007 election.

External links

• Biography on Greek Parliament website