Vasileios Kikilias is the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy of the Hellenic Republic. Prior to his current role, he served as Minister for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection (2023–2024), Minister of Tourism (2021–2023), Minister of Health (2019–2021), and Minister of Public Order and Citizen Protection (2014–2015). He has been an elected Member of the Hellenic Parliament since 2012. Vasileios was born in 1974 in Athens. He is a graduate of Leonteios School of Nea Smyrni. He studied at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He is a surgeon specializing in orthopaedics. Alongside his studies where he earned his MSc in Health Care Services Management from the National School of Public Health and later his PhD in Medicine (Magna Cum Laude) by the Faculty of Medicine in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, he built a notable career in sports, particularly in basketball, playing for teams such as AEK, Panionios, Ionikos, and Apollon Patras, with his participation in the Hellenic National Basketball Team being a particularly distinguished honor. He is married to Jenny Balatsinou and has one son.
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