Speaker

Dr. Evripidis St. Stylianidis born on April 8 th , 1966 in Komotini, Greece, is married to
Ms. Julie Papachristou and is father of Stylianos, Helena and Georgia.
He is a member of the Hellenic Parliament representing the County of Rodopi (Nea
Dimokratia), Professor at the Law School of the European University Cyprus (EUC),
Attorney at Law, Dr Juris in Constitutional Law of the University of Hamburg Law
School (1990-1994).
Dr. E. Stylianidis was elected twelve times as Parliamentarian in Rodopi (2000-2015,
2019 until today). He is Greece’s Representative at the Committee for Legal Affairs of
the Council of Europe, the Subcommittee of Artificial Intelligence, the Committee on
the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of
Europe (Monitoring Committee) as well as at the Committee for the Selection of
Judges for the European Court of Human Rights. He served as the Head of the
Hellenic Deputies at the Parliamentary Assembly (PA) of NATO (2013-2015). He was
Delegate on behalf of the Hellenic Parliament at the EU Convention for the European
Constitution in 2001.
He was the President of the Parliamentary Committee for the Constitutional Reform
2019 and Spokesperson of the governing majority for the ongoing Constitutional
Reform (2026).
He is a member of the Hellenic Parliament’s Standing Committee of External Affairs
and National Security, of the Institutional and Transparency Committee, of the
Educational Affairs Committee, of the Committee for the Review of the European
Court of Justice’s Decisions, of the Committee on the Standing Orders and the
Special Permanent Committee on Greeks Abroad.
Dr. Ε. Stylianidis served as a Deputy Minister of External Affairs (2004-2007),
Minister of Education (2007-2009), Minister of Transportation and Communications
(2009) and Minister of the Interior (2012-2013).
As the competent Secretary he drafted the Government’s Schedule of Action on
behalf of Nea Dimokratia (2011-2012). He was elected President of the Youth
Organization of New Democracy (1994-1995) and was candidate for the European
Parliament in 1994. Evripidis was elected President of the Students’ Association at
the Law School of Demokritos University of Thrace (1984-1989), where he graduated
from, while he represented the Association in the Council and the Central
Commission of EFEE (Pan-Hellenic Students’ Union).
He was honored with various scholarships in Greece and abroad. He participated in
Young Leaders’ Programmes in the USA (German Marshall Fund of the United
States), in France (Ministries of International Affairs and Defense) and in Germany.

Dr. Stylianidis has been honored through a series of distinctions by the Kings of
Denmark and of Belgium as well as the Presidents of Germany, Austria and Hungary
for his contribution in favor of the development of bilateral relations.
He worked as a local Collaborator of the Greek Government with the General
Consulate in Hamburg (1991-1994), as a Researcher at the European Public Law
Organization in Greece (EPLO, 1996-2001) as well as an Attorney at Law.
Dr. Stylianidis’ Publications include a series of scientific articles and contributions in
Greece and abroad. He is the author of the following books:
 Grundrechte und Gesetzesvorbehalt in der griechischen Verfassung und im
Grundgesetz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, in German language (The
Fundamental Rights and the legislative reservation in the Hellenic and
German Constitution), Mauke Söhne, Hamburg 1995 (Dissertation)
 Break the Silence (in Greek), ed. Anatolikos, Kavala 1997.
 Against the Mediocracy Dictatorship: an intervention for the Constitutional
Revision of Article 16 (in Greek) ed. I. Sideris, Athens 2007 with co.
authorship by Manolis Kottakis.
 Active Civilians – Contemporary Interactive Political Parties, A comparative
approach, ed. I. Sideris, Athens 2010 (in Greek).
 Everything is a matter of education: A manual of educational legislation,
Project, 2007-2009, ed. Minoas, Athens 2011 (Monography in Greek)
 Innenansichten einer geprüften Nation: Politik und Gesellschaft in
Griechenland (inner look atf a challenged nation: politics and society in
Greece), a contribution upon invitation by his Excellence the President of
the Bavarian Parliament and the Academy for the Political Education of
Tutzing, 27.10.2015, ed. in Akademiegespräche im Landtag,
Tutzing/München 2016).
 Thrace: The next step…., ed. Minoas, Athina 2016 (monography in Greek).
 Thrace: The Greek Model of an Open Democratic Society, Athens 2018, ed.
Minoas 2018.
 Constitutional Revision 2019: New Beginning or Lost Chance?, Athens 2020,
ed. Nomiki Vivliothiki 2020 (monography in Greek).
 The Belt and Road Initiative. Past, Present, Future. Edited by Gao
Xiang/Kostas Gouliamos/ Liu Zuokui/Christos Kassimeris, Palgrave
Macmillan (Springer Nature) 2025.
 Artificial Intelligence: Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law,
Athens 2025, Nomiki Vivliothiki (editor of an edited volume in Greek).
Prof. Dr. E. Stylianidis speaks English and German. He is native in Greek.