Early political career Pavlopoulos was secretary to the first President of the
metapolitefsi,
Michail Stasinopoulos, in 1974. From November 1989 to April 1990, he served as alternate Minister for the Presidency and government spokesman in the ecumenical government headed by
Xenophon Zolotas. In the government appointed following New Democracy's victory in the
September 2007 parliamentary election, the
Interior Ministry was merged with the Ministry of Public Order; Pavlopoulous became Minister of the Interior and Public Order. He is a member of the Central Committee of New Democracy, and on 29 July 2004 he was designated as a member of the party's Political Council as one of seven MP candidates; no vote was necessary because there were only seven MP seats available on the Council.
President of Greece (2015–2020) , 30 March 2016 , 15 November 2016 On 17 February, Prime Minister
Alexis Tsipras nominated Pavlopoulos as the ruling
Syriza–
ANEL coalition's candidate for the post of
President of Greece in the
presidential election that had begun in December 2014. On 18 February 2015, backed by Syriza, ANEL and his own New Democracy party, Pavlopoulos was elected by the
Hellenic Parliament as the new President of Greece with 233 votes in favour. He succeeded
Karolos Papoulias after the end of the latter's term on 13 March 2015. ==Personal life==