GEORGIOS KALAMIDAS  

Georgios Dim. Kalamidas was born in Agrinio in 1944. He is married and father of one child. He entered the Law Department of the National Capodistrian University of Athens in 1962 and graduated in 1967 (degree grade: “very well”). He served in the Greek Army for twenty-six months as a reserve officer and got a law practicing permit from the Athens’ bar in 1969. He participated in the competition for stipendiary assistant judges that was held on the 17th of January 1972 and was ranked 4th among approximately 500 candidates; he was then appointed as a stipendiary assistant judge at the Athens Court of First Instance in 1972 and subsequently as a Judge at the same court in 1974. He was promoted to Presiding Judge at the Athens Court of First Instance in 1985, to Judge at the Court of Appeal in 1990, to Presiding Judge at the same Court in 2002 and in 2004 to Areopagite - Judge at the Hellenic Supreme Civil and Penal Court – Areios Pagos. During his tenure as Presiding Judge at the Court of First Instance, he was elected as a member of the Administration Board of the Athens Court of First Instance where he served for one year. In Areios Pagos he served for three years as a Judge in chamber A1 and as a Vice-president in chambers A2 and A1. He has chaired many examination committees for Judges, Notaries and Lawyers as well as in a lawmaking committee. His Ph.D. in Civil Law in the University of Athens is pending. He speaks English and teaches as a distinguished scientist in the postgraduate programme of the Panteion University (direction of private law). 

VASILEIOS NIKOPOULOS (From 24/7/2007 to 30/6/2009)

Vasileios Nikopoulos was born in 1942 in the village ‘Pogoniskos’ in the regional centre of Konitsa, in Ioannina. He is married with two children.He graduated from Konitsa’s Gymnasium in which every year he managed to gain a scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation as a first class student.He graduated from the Law Faculty of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with distinction while he continued to receive the scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation as a first class student again. He served in the Greek Army for two years as a reserve officer. He entered the judiciary in 1971 through examination in which he came first.

He was promoted to Presiding Judge at the Court of First Instance in 1984, to Judge at the Court of Appeal in 1989, to Presiding Judge at the Court of Appeal in 2001, to Areopagite - Judge at the Hellenic Supreme Civil and Penal Court- Areios Pagos in 2004, to Vice-president of Areios Pagos in 2006 and to President of Areios Pagos in 2007.In 1986 he was awarded with his Master degree with distinction from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The same institution appointed him Professor in 1992.He published numerous legal works related to Civil Law, Civil Procedure Law and the History in the Philosophy of Law in many legal magazines. In 1992 he published his doctorate thesis on ‘the legal thought of Paul, the Apostle’.He taught for 10 years Civil Procedure Law in the National School of Judges.

Romilos Kedikoglou was born in 1940 in Heraklion-Crete. He is married and father of one child. He graduated from the Law Department of the National Capodistrian University of Athens with distinction. After serving for two years in the Greek Army as soldier, he studied in TUEBINGEN, BONN and FRANKFURT/AM MAIN Universities as scholar of the Hellenic Republic. In 1981 he was awarded his doctorate at the Law Department of GOETHE UNIVERSITÄT/ FRANKFURT AM MAIN.


He entered the judiciary in 1968 through examination, was promoted to Presiding Judge at the Court of First Instance in 1980, to Judge at the Court of Appeal in 1984, to Presiding Judge at the Court of Appeal in 1997, to Areopagite - Judge at the Hellenic Supreme Court - Areios Pagos in 2000, to Vice-president of Areios Pagos in 2004 and to President of Areios Pagos in 2005. He has served in the Court of First Instance of Athens, Thessaloniki and Livadia and in the Court of Appeal of Athens and Pireus. He speaks German fluently and has fair knowledge of French and English. His scientific projects on "The right to a compulsory portion in Inheritance Law" and on "The limitations of property rights" have been published and he has participated in several drafting law committees.

GEORGIOS KAPOS    (From 18/7/2002 to 30/6/2005)

Georgios Kapos was born in 1938 at Neohorio Olympias. He is married and is the father of two children. He graduated in 1961 from the Law Department of the National Capodistrian University of Athens and was appointed assistant Judge at the Court of First Instance in 1966. He was promoted to Judge at the Court of First Instance in 1968 and to Presiding Judge in 1978. In 1980 he was promoted to Judge at the Court of Appeal and in 1993 was promoted to Presiding Judge at the same court. He was promoted to Vice President of the Hellenic Supreme Court - Areios Pagos in July 2001 and in July 2002 was selected for the presidency of Areios Pagos.

He was President of the draft committees for Process Servers Code (law 2318/1995), Fictitious Pawn (law 2844/2000) and the Executive law of the Article 89 of the Constitution (law 2993/2002) and was a member of the Revision Committee of the Civil Code draft. Finally, he was a Professor of civil law in the National School of Judges for four years.

 

STEFANOS MATTHIAS    (1996 - 2002)

VASILIOS KOKKINOS    (1990 - 1996)

IOANNIS GRIVAS    (1989 - 1990)

ANTONIOS STASINOS    (1985 - 1989)

GEORGIOS KONSTAS    (1982 - 1985)

DIMITRIOS SKOUMPIS    (1979 - 1982)

SPIRIDON KOLLAS    (1978 - 1979)

GEORGIOS KARAMANOS    (1977 - 1978)

SPIRIDON GAGGAS    (1976 - 1977)

KONSTANTINOS ZACHARIS    (1975 - 1976)

DIMITRIOS MARGELLOS    (1974 - 1975)

LISANDROS KANELLAKOS    (1973 - 1974)

VASILIOS PATSOURAKOS    (1970 - 1973)

ATHANASIOS GEORGIOU    (1969 - 1970)

THEODOROS KAMPERIS    (1968 - 1969)

STILIANOS MAVROMICHALIS    (1963 - 1968)

KONSTANTINOS KAFKAS    (1959 - 1963)

IOANNIS APOSTOLOPOULOS    (1953 - 1959)

CHRISTOS STAVROPOULOS    (1953)

ILIAS PAPAILIOU    (1948 - 1953)

IOANNIS SAKKETAS    (1945 - 1948)

KONSTANTINOS KYRILLOPOULOS    (1941 - 1945)

GEORGIOS PANOPOULOS    (1933 - 1941)

ANTONIOS ZILIMON    (1922 - 1933)

SPIRIDON TSAGRIS    (1921 - 1922)

CHRISTOS KAPSALIS    (1911 - 1921)

KONSTANTINOS SIMANTIRAS    (1891 - 1911)

NIKOLAOS DELIGIANNIS    (1885 - 1891)

DIMITRIOS VALVIS    (1872 - 1885)

ARIS MORAITINIS    (1861 - 1872)

GEORGIOS A. RALLIS    (1849 - 1861)

CHRISTOS KLONARIS    (1848 - 1849)

IOANNIS SOMAKIS    (1847 - 1848)

CHRISTOS KLONARIS    (1835 - 1847)