Vassilis Kikilias

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Gender	Male
Age	50
Date of birth	May 15,1974
Zodiac sign	Taurus
Born	Athens
	Greece
Height	200 (cm)
Parents	Maria Kikilia
	Panagiotis Kikilias
Siblings	Katerina Kikilia
Job	Politician
	Basketball player
Spouse	Jenny Balatsinou
Position	Member of the Hellenic Parliament since 2012
Previous position	Minister of Health of Greece (2019–2021)
Education	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Date of Reg.	2019-03-11 05:39:24
Date of Upd.	2023-06-04 03:50:24
ID	579863

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Vasilis Kikilias is a Greek politician who currently serves as Minister for Tourism in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He is a member of the Hellenic Parliament for New Democracy in the Athens A constituency.

Greek floods: PM Mitsotakis warns of very unequal battle with nature

Sep 8,2023 11:31 am

... The death toll has risen to 10 and at least four people are missing, according to Greece s climate crisis and civil protection minister Vassilis Kikilias...

Greece wildfires: 79 people arrested for arson

Aug 25,2023 2:51 am

... Civil Protection Minister Vassilis Kikilias said there had been several attempts by arsonists to start new fires on Mount Parnitha, north-west of Athens...

Greek fires at Nea Anchialos prompt blasts forcing F-16s to evacuate base

Jul 28,2023 7:51 am

... " After 15 days of extreme weather phenomena, and a 10-day period with more than 600 fires, today is the first day that we are not in a critical state of alert, " said Vassilis Kikilias, minister of climate crisis and civil protection...

Greece fires: Two pilots die after firefighting plane crashes

Jul 25,2023 2:51 pm

... Emergency teams were fighting flames non-stop on dozens of fronts on Tuesday, Greek government minister Vassilis Kikilias said...

Greece wildfires: 79 people arrested for arson

Jul 25,2023 2:51 pm

By Andre Rhoden-PaulBBC News

Greece has called out " arsonist scum" after police made 79 arson arrests over wildfires ravaging the country.

Civil Protection Minister Vassilis Kikilias said there had been several attempts by arsonists to start new fires on Mount Parnitha, north-west of Athens.

The Blaze is one of hundreds in The Nation where wildfires have already killed at least 20 people This Week .

" You are committing A Crime against the country, " Mr Kikilias said.

" Arsonist scum are setting fires that threaten forests, property and, most of all, human lives, " Mr Kikilias told Greeks during a televised emergency briefing on Thursday.

" You will not get away with it, we will find you, you will be Held Accountable . "

Summer wildfires are common in Greece and scientists have linked the increasing frequency and intensity of Extreme Weather events, including heatwaves, to Climate Change .

Stefan Doerr, who directs the Centre for Wildfire Research at Swansea University , says that more flammable Landscapes - due to hot weather or poor vegetation Management - mean that arson and other incidents.

Police and Greek intelligence service EYP are investigating the incidents, AFP reported.

Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis told Greek public broadcaster ERT that of 140 wildfire-related arrests, 79 were related to arson.

Hundreds of firefighters across Greece have been battling deadly wildfires.

The large fire front which erupted on Saturday near The Port city of Alexandroupolis has become the EU's largest on record, according to European commissioner Janez Lenarcic .

Meanwhile, on Mount Parnitha near Athens, fires have been raging in a forest adjoining the capital, threatening a National Park .

Earlier This Week , the bodies of 19 people believed to be migrants, with children among them, were found near the Evros region of north-eastern Greece.

A shepherd also lost his life in the fires in the Boeotia region on Monday.

Mr Kikilias said on Wednesday the country was going through the worst summer since fire-risk maps were introduced in 2009.

Just last month, thousands of people were forced to flee fires on The Greek island of Rhodes after wildfires broke Out There and in other parts of the country.