Nikos Androulakis

Nikos Androulakis (Greek: Νίκος Ανδρουλάκης; born 7 February 1979 in Athens) is a Greek politician and secretary of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). In 2014, he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).

Born 1979 in Athens, Nikos Androulakis studied Civil engineering at the Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini. He also gave courses in the School of Pedagogical and Technological Education.

Political career

In 1997 Androulakis joined the socialist Panhellenic Camp of Militant Students (PASP) and in 1999 became the secretary of PASP in the Thracian city of Xanthi. In 2001 he became a member of the Central Council of PASOK Youth and in 2008 he was appointed member of the National Council of PASOK. On 4 March 2013 he was elected member of the central political committee of PASOK, which on its first session on 14 March 2013 appointed him the new political secretary.

Member of the European Parliament

In the 2014 European Parliament election, he was elected one of two MEPs on PASOK's Elia list. He affiliates with the parliamentary group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and is member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and member of the Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China.