ABSTRACT
Andreas Andrianopoulos is a former minister and member of Parliament (1974-1994) and former Mayor of Pireaus (elected in 1986). He has served at various ministerial posts (Social Services, Foreign Affairs, Culture and Science; Trade, Industry, Energy and Technology) from 1976 until 1992 when he withdrew from his position as Minister of State and from politics in general to focus on academia and work in the private sector. He has been a Visiting Scholar at St Edmund’s College, Cambridge University (1995-96) and a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC (1998-99). His recent publications include: In the Heart of Islam; Globalization and the New Economy; Democratic Capitalism and the Knowledge Society.
