MAYOR OF ATHENS-YORGOS KAMINIS
Yiorgos Kaminis was born on July 15, 1954 in New York, where
he resided until the age of five. His family then returned to
Athens.
He commenced his studies in Law at the University of Athens
School of Low, from which he graduated in April 1980. In
October 1982 Mr Kaminis obtained a postgraduate University
Diploma in Public Law (Diplome d’ etudes approfondies)
from the University of Paris II. In June 1989 he wrote a
doctoral thesis (Doctorat d Etat en Droit) on constitutional
observations of the transition from dictatorship to democracy
in Greece an Spain (La transition constitutionnelle en Grece
et en Espagne) for the University of Paris I. He commenced
his academic career in November 1982 as a Scientific
Associate of the University of Athens School of Law,
specifically Constitutional Law Chair B. In December 1990 he
was elected lecturer of the University of Athens Law Faculty
and in June 1998 assistant professor.
Mr Kaminis served as Assistant Greek Ombudsman,
responsible for Human Rights, from 1998 to May 2003, upon
which he was unanimously elected Greek Ombudsman at a
Presidents of Parliament roundtable meeting.
In August 2010 he announced his resignation and intention to
stand as mayoral candidate for the City of Athens. He is a
member of the Association of Greek Constitutionalists, the
Hellenic Political Science Association as well as the editorial
committee fo the magazine Synchrona Themata (Current
Affairs).
During his term as Ombudsman Mr Kaminis was a member of
the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsmen governing
committee and deputy chairman of the International
Ombudsman Institute΄s European Region board of directors.
Since September 1989 he has been a Scientific Associate of
the Hellenic Parliament΄s Scientific Service, specifically the
Department for Parliamentary Research & Studies which
forms part of the 1st Directorate of Scientific Studies.
Mr Kaminis was elected Mayor of Athens with the municipal
ticket «Right to Athens» on November 14, 2010 and assumed
his Mayoral duties on January 1, 2011.
Apart from Athens, he has also lived in Osaka, Paris, Madrid
and Heidelberg. Mr Kaminis speaks English, French, Spanich
and German.