Meimarakis was born in Athens and is of Cretan descent..
Evangelos-Vasileios MEIMARAKIS, commonly known as Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, was born in Athens on 14 December 1953.
BIO. Evangelos-Vasileios MEIMARAKIS, commonly known as Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, was born in Athens on 14 December He is married to Ioanna Kolokota and has.
He is married to Ioanna Kolokota and has two daughters, Elina and Rena.
He holds a law degree from Athens Law School, a Political Science and a Public Administration Degree from the Panteion University of Political Science.
He is a lawyer at the Greek Supreme Court and Member of the Athens Bar Association.
His political career began when he became a founding member of the youth wing of Nea Dimokratia, ONNED. In 1984, he was elected President of ONNED, which, under his leadership, joined various International Youth Organisations such as the European Democrat Students (EDS) and the Democrat Youth Community of Europe (DEMYC).
From 1984 to this date, he is a Member of the Executive Committee of Nea Dimokratia.
In 1989, he was elected, for the first time, as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament and was constantly elected until he resigned in 2019 to run for the European