Document Type
Brief
Category
Profiles in Public Integrity
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
Born in New York City, Georgios Kaminis holds a degree in law from the University of Athens School of Law, as well as a Diplome d’etudes approfondies and Doctorat d’Etat en Droit. He served as Assistant Greek Ombudsman, responsible for Human Rights, from 1998 to 2003. In May of 2003,
Kaminis became the Greek Ombudsman after being unanimously elected at a Presidents of Parliament roundtable meeting. Kaminis was elected Mayor of Athens on November 14, 2010. Under the Mayor’s guidance, Athens was awarded a Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayor’s Challenge Innovation Prize for its online citizen engagement platform, SynAthina.
He is a member of organizations including the Association of Greek Constitutionalists and the Hellenic Political Science Association. Apart from Athens, he has also lived in Osaka, Paris, Madrid, and Heidelberg. Kaminis speaks Greek, English, Spanish, French, and German.
Disciplines
Law
Recommended Citation
Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity,
Profile in Public Integrity: The Honorable Georgios Kaminis,
(2015).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/public_integrity/111