Nikos Milapidis was born in Thessaloniki in 1983. He graduated in 2001 from the Experimental School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Right afterwards, he was admitted to the School of Law of Aristotle University and got his BA in 2005. He has a master’s degree in public law and political sciences from the School of Law, Aristotle University (2009). He has also pursued and got an MBA in Business Administration from the Alba Graduate business School in Athens (2019). Nikos has also attended some postgraduate classes in Law and Economics, an MA program in Utrecht University, Netherlands (2006).
Mr. Milapidis has been practicing law since 2007 and has worked as a Public & Business Policy Strategist in parliamentary and local government posts. In 2020, he served as a consultant for the Head of State, Ms Sakellaropoulou. He has plenty of experience in legislative works both in national but also in European posts and he was in charge of coordinating various team projects resulting in major state reforms.
Mr. Milapidis has served as an Office Director of the Greek Minister of Rural Development & Food, Mr Tsaftaris, and was appointed as a Greek Representative in Brussels, during the EE Greek Presidency (2012-2014). For the period 2015-2019, he had been the Director of the Members of Parliament of the party “To Potami”. For three years (2020-2023) he had worked as the Office Director of the Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Mr. Tsakloglou.
From July 2023 until July 2024, he has served as the Secretary General for Social Security, at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security.
In August 2024, he has been appointed Secretary General for Labour at the same Ministry.
Nikos has been married and has a daughter and a son.