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About Ioannis Skoularikis
- Ioannis Skoularikis (Greek: ??????? S????a?????; 1 August 1928 – 15 September 2008) or Yannis Skoularikis (G?????? S????a?????) was a Greek politician of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and cabinet member under Andreas Papandreou. He was a lawyer, specializing in criminal law and labor law. He was Minister of Public Order from 21 October 1981 to 9 May 1985, Alternate Minister of the Interior from 22 June 1988 to 17 March 1989, when he was appointed Minister of Justice, holding the post until 2 June.
- He then served again as Minister of Labor from 8 July 1994 to 15 September 1995.As Minister of Public Order he was responsible for the creation of a new police force, the present-day Hellenic Police, which was created in 1984 by merging the old Gendarmerie and City Police, in order to create a more modern and democratic law enforcement agency.
- He also supported the creation of labor unions inside the Police, despite strong opposition from conservatives. He died in September 2008.
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