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Nicholas Papapolitis

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Nicholas Papapolitis Senior (Greek: Νικόλας Παπαπολίτης) (1915–1993), was a Greek politician and professor of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Papapolitis was professor of commercial and shipping law, an international lawyer, and author of many legal books.[citation needed] He served as a legal advisor to a number of Greek governments and prime ministers on such major issues as Greece's entry into NATO and the EEC. Ηe was also a member of the legal team that drafted Greece's new constitution in 1974. From 1974 to 1981, he was a member of the Greek Parliament, heading many parliamentary committees which drafted several acts of major importance.[1]

Papapolitis practised law in New York City from 1946 to 1950 and, upon his return to Greece in 1950, he headed the law offices of Papapolitis & Papapolitis. He was the father of John Papapolitis and the grandfather of Nicholas Papapolitis, the current Managing Partner of Papapolitis & Papapolitis and Chairman of the Ever Excel Group.


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  1. ^ "Term of Office of MPs from 1974 until Today". www.hellenicparliament.gr. Retrieved 2022-05-20.