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Relations to the Hellenic State and other Agencies |
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| SIGNIFICANT SUPPORTERS |
The Hellenic State offers two important entities in order to support SAE.
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| SPECIAL PERMANENT COMMITTEE OF THE PARLIAMENT FOR ISSUES OF HELLENISM ABROAD |
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One represents the government and the second the Hellenic Parliament. In the first case, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the General Secretary for Greeks Abroad, has provided support to SAE. In addition, the Hellenic Parliament has formed a Special Permanent Committee for Issues of Hellenes Abroad, which consists of representatives from all parties in the Parliament.
The President of the Greek Parliament, Mr. Apostolos Kaklamanis is a strong supporter of Hellenism Abroad and SAE. The political parties have elected the following Special Permanent Committee of the Parliament for Issues of Hellenism Abroad:
President: Grigoris Niotis
A' Vice-President: Panayiotis Skandalakis
B' Vice-President: Nikolaos Gatzis
Secretary:Ioannis Dragasakis
Members:
Dimitrios Alabanos, Dimitrios Apostolakis, Pythagoras Vardikos, Vasilios Vasilakakis, Hlias Vlahopoulos, Vasilios Geranidis, Ioannis Giannakopoulos, Ioannis Thomopoulos, Michael Karhimakis, Nikolaos Levoyiannis, Christos Magoufis, Stylianos Matzapetakis, Ioannis Nikolaidis, Sotirios Stolidis, Nikolaos Stratilatis, Theofanis Dimoshakis, Georgios Kalantzis, Georgios Karasmanis, Theofilos Leontaridis, Leonidas Lyberakidis, Stavros Papanikolaou, Vasilios Pappas, Georgios Trifonidis, Parthena Fountoukidou, Evgenios Haitidis.
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| WORLD INTERPARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION OF HELLENES (PADEE) |
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President, Mr. Dimitris Giannaros
The Association was created �n 1996 on the initiative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. George Papandreou. 27 Hellenes-members of various parliaments attended the first meeting of the Association. Its main goal is the exchange of information and ideas among Greece and the host countries, and the creation of amity committees at various parliaments. 143 Hellenes abroad are currently parliamentary members in the five continents.Mr. Dimitris Giannaros, member of the Connecticut Parliament, is the President of PADEE, Mr. Christos Sirros from Canada is the A'
Vice President, Mr. N. Bolkus from Australia is the B' Vice-President and Mr. T. Theophanous (Australia), Mr. L. Raptakis (USA), Mrs. M. Boutrogianni (Canada), Mr. S. Fotopoulos (Romania), Mr. N. Papadopoulos (Europe) and Mr. C. Oflidis (Russia), are the members of the Governing Board of PADEE.
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| FRIENDS OF SAE |
"Friends of SAE", is a group of local businessmen, academics and professionals
, who aim to support SAE and establish strong relationships between the city of Thessaloniki and Hellenes around the world through SAE. The Board of the Association consists of: Mr. A. Doudos, President, Mr. D. Bakatselos, Vice-President, Mr. V. Takas, Vice-President, Mr. K. Pyrzas, Secretary, Mr. D. Dimitriadis, Treasurer, and Mr. C. Folias, Public Relations. Members are: Mr. D. Zannas, Mr. K. Kanevas, Mr. A. Kourtis, Mr. P. Mamalis and Mr. A. Daskalopoulos.
Friends of SAE, under the guidance of its President, Mr. Antonis Doudos have always stood by the side of SAE and support SAE's programs and activities. The latest example is the large donation of Mr. Antonis Doudos for the construction of the state of the art Diagnostic-Medical SAE Center in Mariupol, Ukraine
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