English CV - Νίκη Κ. Κεραμέως

Personal Information

Place and date of Birth: Thessaloniki, July 18, 1980

Marital status: Married to Dimitris Loukas, lawyer, with whom they have two sons, Loukas and Konstantinos.

She is a graduate of:

Harvard Law School (LL.M. – focus on arbitration);

University Paris II (Panthéon-Assas) (Master’s in International Law and Arbitration; graduated first and summa cum laude);

University Paris II (Panthéon-Assas) (Degree in law with specialization in International Law; graduated first and summa cum laude); and

Athens College (Valedictorian, summa cum laude).

Foreign languages:

English, French, German.

Professional Activities

She is a lawyer and a member of the Athens Bar Association and the New York Bar Association.

During her postgraduate studies in France, she worked as assistant professor at the University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), teaching first-year law students.

After her postgraduate studies in the USA, she worked as a litigation attorney at the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP based in New York.

She practiced law in Greece from 2007 to 2019 as a partner at Kerameus & Partners Law Firm in Athens.

Parliamentary – Political Activities

On 27 June, 2023 she was appointed Minister of the Interior.

On June 25, 2023 she was elected as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament (Β1 North Sector of Athens) with the New Democracy Party.

On July 9, 2019 she was appointed Minister of Education and Religious Affairs.

On July 7, 2019 she was elected as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament (Β1 North Sector of Athens) with the New Democracy Party.

On January 25, 2015 she was elected as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament (State Constituency) with the New Democracy Party and was re-elected on September 20, 2015.

She served as the Head of the Education, Research and Religious Affairs Sector of the New Democracy Party from January 2016 until June 2019. She served as Parliamentary Spokesperson of the New Democracy Party from January until November 2016 and as the Head of the Administrative Reform and E-Government Sector of the New Democracy Party from March 2015 until January 2016.

In addition, she has contributed to the formation of legislative proposals for the New Democracy Party in areas such as education, foreign residents’ voting rights, and organ and tissue donation. She has also contributed to legislative proposals related to Constitutional reforms.

Social / Public Welfare Activities

She is active in the field of social/public welfare:

She is a founding member and until recently President of the Non-profit Foundation “Desmos”, which locates surplus from companies and individuals to cover needs of our most vulnerable citizens and social welfare organizations.

During her working years in New York, she was awarded a pro bono legal services award for her services to groups of homeless people in New York.

In 2014 she was appointed as member of the Legislative Committee charged with drafting a legislative framework for the organization, operation and supervision of the Non-Governmental Organizations.