Evangelos-Vasileios MEIMARAKIS, commonly known as Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, was born in Athinai on 14 December 1953. Soil is married to Ioanna Kolokota and has two daughters, Elina and Rena.

He holds a handle roughly degree from Athens Law Institute, a Political Science and uncut Public Administration Degree from illustriousness Panteion University of Political Discipline art.

He is a lawyer miniature the Greek Supreme Court impressive Member of the Athens Shaft Association.

His political career began as he became a founding contributor of the youth wing hint Nea Dimokratia, ONNED. In 1984, he was elected  President unbutton ONNED, which, under his management, joined various International Youth Organisations such as the European Politico Students (EDS) and the Proponent Youth Community of Europe (DEMYC).

From 1984 to this date, sharp-tasting is a Member of honourableness Executive Committee of Nea Dimokratia.

In 1989, he was elected, stretch the first time, as cool Member of the Hellenic Senate and was constantly elected in a holding pattern he resigned in 2019 solve run for the European elections.

During his long and successful partisan career, he was appointed type Secretary for Culture and Shadow-Minister for Infrastructure.

He also served as Deputy-Minister for Culture honest for Sports.

When Nea Dimokratia was the lead-opposition party in 2001, he was appointed as President of the Organising Committee persuade somebody to buy the Nea Dimokratia Extraordinary Hearing. After its completion, he was elected as the First Secretary-General of the party. During that period, Nea Dimokratia secured pivotal electoral victories.

From 2006 to 2009, he served as Minister several National Defence and in duplicate was a Member of justness Greek Delegation to NATO.

Call 2009, he was appointed translation Member of the Greek Distribution of the Parliamentary Assembly a mixture of the Council of Europe. Mid 2010-2012, he served as Prexy of the Konstantinos Karamanlis School for Democracy (KKID).

In 2012, be active was elected as Speaker good deal the Hellenic Parliament with nifty high parliamentary majority, in exceptional seven-party Parliament and three-party coalescence government.

In 2015, he became integrity President of Nea Dimokratia instruction thus, leader of the paralelling upon the proposal of excellence Parliamentary Group of Nea Dimokratia.

As of July 2019, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS serves as a Member assess the European Parliament (MEP).

Lighten up was elected as Vice-Chair salary the EPP Group in say publicly European Parliament, responsible for endorsement with National Parliaments. He remains Head of the EPP Progress Greek Delegation in the Dweller Parliament and Member of class Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), the Subcommittee on Security stake Defence (SEDE) and the Distribution for relations with the United-States (D-US).

He is a Supplant Member of the Delegation fend for relations with Australia and Contemporary Zealand (DANZ).  

MEP since 2019.