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{{short description|Greek politician}}
'''Vyron Polydoras''' ({{lang-el|Βύρων Πολύδωρας}}, {{IPA-el|ˌviron poˈlidoras}}; born 27 January 1947 in [[Figaleia|Perivolia]], [[Zacharo]], [[Elis (regional unit)|Elis]], [[Greece]]) is a Greek politician who was the [[Minister for Public Order (Greece)|Minister for Public Order]] and Justice of Greece from 2006 to 2007 in the [[first Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis]].
He is a member of the [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]] party and belongs to the center-right group of this party. He has a degree in law in the [[University of Athens]]. He has studied [[political science]] with a [[Fulbright scholar]]ship in the United States. He has studied [[international law]]
He has also written more than 34 books of political, sociological and innovating content. He has been rewarded in 1998 by the ''Greek Association of Literature Interpreters'' for his work on [[The Eve of St. Agnes]] by [[John Keats]]. {{Citation needed span|text=He received the highest praise from the Academy of Athens|date=September 2010}} in 2002 for his book ''The Greater Athens'' ({{lang-el|Η Μείζων Αθήνα}}). His latest new book ''For a New Ideology'' (2008) {{Citation needed span|text=has met quite a success by the time of his release.|date=September 2010}}
Polydoras was not included in the [[second Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis]] sworn in on 19 September 2007,<ref name=Faces>[http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100008_19/09/2007_87968 "New faces and trusted aides are unveiled in Karamanlis’s Cabinet"], ANA (ekathimerini.com), September 19, 2007.</ref>
In 2012 his party appointed him a member of the [[Special Permanent Committee on Institutions and Transparency]]. When soon August 2012 reports surfaced that Polydoras, who held the position of speaker of the parliament for just a single day, hired his daughter, Margarita, and made her a permanent employee in his office.<ref>[http://www.athensnews.gr/portal/1/57573 "Former speaker embroiled in nepotism scandal"]</ref> This incident sparked uproar and anger among the general population.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article
In 2014, he founded the party [[Union for the Homeland and the People]] in order to take part in [[2014 European Parliament election in Greece|2014 European Parliament Elections]].<ref>{{cite web|title=New Greek party to be called Union for the Homeland and the People|url=http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_05/02/2014_537117|publisher=ekathimerini.com|
==References==
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* [http://www.parliament.gr/english/synthesh/mp.asp?MPID=475 Hellenic Parliament Website]
* [http://www.polydoras.gr/ Personal website] (In Greek)
* http://polydoras.freeservers.com/ (In Greek)
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