Giannis F. Ioannidis is the 1st Vice President of the “Hellenic League for Human Rights” and 1st Vice President of the “National Commission for Human Rights”.
Lawyer, specialized in public and criminal law.
He served as Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior from August 2012 to February 2015.
He previously served as Secretary General of Transparency and Human Rights at the Ministry of Justice, from February 2011 to July 2012.
He has been the Head of the legal aid office of the “Therapy Centre for Dependent Individuals” (KETHEA) in Athens for the period 2004-2010, Secretary of the Board of Directors of the "Medical Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims", member of the temporary Management Committee of the Department in Athens of the “National Research Foundation Eleftherios K. Venizelos".
He has participated, in Greece and abroad, in numerous conferences and seminars on human rights, immigration, administrative reform and decentralization. He has published several articles in scientific journals and daily press on issues of public law and constitutional freedoms. Author of the monograph “Les privations de liberté au nom de l'ordre public” (The deprivation of liberty in the name of public order), in European public law series - Bibliothèque de droit public européen, Esperia publications ltd, London.
He studied Law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and at the Sorbonne’s University (Paris I Panthéon - Sorbonne) where he obtained his D.E.A. in constitutional law and individual freedoms. He speaks English, French and Spanish.