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First openly gay minister in Greece, became the Nikolas Giatromanolakis, that based on reorganization in government updated and by the Secretary General for Contemporary Culture of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, assume debts Undersecretary in the same ministry, responsible for affairs Modern culture.
The 44 year old Nikolas Giatromanolakis born in 1975 in Athens, where he grew up. He is the son of the writer and academic George Giatromanolakis and the academic Rena Lekanidou. He holds a BA in Political Science and International Relations from Panteion University and a Master’s in Public Policy (MPP) from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in the United States.
Snapshots of Nikolas Giatromanolakis’ visit to the 60th Thessaloniki Festival exhibition as Secretary General of the Ministry of Culture
Nikolas Giatromanolakis has stated openly his gay identity, While, in fact, a few months ago, in a post on Facebook, he had talked about an incident that he experienced at his first job in Greece, when he questioned whether he was fit to handle a crisis, due to his sexual preferences.
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“Several years ago, in my first job in Greece after the United States, I accidentally learned that there was an internal debate about whether I could take on crisis management, not because of inexperience or skills, but because I was obviously (keep this word) gay So they didn’t give me the project.
A few years later, I shared with people who are in politics my desire to be actively involved and asked for their opinion and advice. They told me it would be great but obviously I should just look at background roles. “Can you imagine going into cafes talking to people?” they had wondered aloud and kept saying “Here is Greece.”
Obviously he had internalized it. Every time I met a man on a business date, I wondered if he understood that I was gay and if that would affect the outcome of things. Will I get the job? Will you trust me? Will you take me seriously?
However, I insisted. And time has passed. And some things began to change. And little by little I found people in my path who began to speak to me in a different way.
So here is Greece. And we are in 2020. And the country has a woman President of the Republic who puts the rainbow flag on her page and speaks on the World Day against Homophobia, Ampphobia and Transphobia. And the country has the first openly gay Secretary General and other visible (hang on to that word) openly gay people in the government at large.
Visibility is important. I have said it and will say it again. Both for LGBT people and for other groups or units. And there is nothing they cannot do or because they are LGBTQI, or because they are “obviously” LGBTQI, they will fare worse than someone else.
No person should feel compelled to hide in order to make their dreams come true and be anxious if they are becoming gay or straight. And no person, especially a child, should be bullied for what they are. And trust me, bullying comes in many forms.
We have a road ahead. But the beginning has been made “.
Your CV in detail
From January 2017 to July 2019 he held the position of Director of Marketing and Communication of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. In the past, he has worked as a manager in Greek and multinational companies such as Microsoft, V + O Communication, S&B Industrial Minerals and the Alpha TV television station, as well as the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) and the University from Harvard. but also as an independent consultant in strategy, corporate affairs and communication. His work has been awarded in Greece and abroad. In 2013 he was selected as a Marshall Memorial Fellow. In 2019 he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Harvard Club of Greece.
Among other publications, he has edited the book New Approaches to Balkan Studies and has participated in the 2001 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum. He was scientific curator of the Greek edition of the NATO Manual and curator of ELIAMEP monographs and publications in the period 1996-98.
He was a founding member and member of the Political Planning in Potami, he was the leader of the party’s electoral campaign in the European elections of 2014, while in the parliamentary elections of January 2015 he ranked second in crosses in Athens A ‘. He left the party in 2016.
He has been active in the field of human rights and in particular the rights of LGBT + people, and has voluntarily participated in non-profit organizations aimed at the social integration of vulnerable populations and the physical and mental health of children.
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