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'''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]] iat theat [[The Hague Academy of International Law]]. He has also studied [[human rights]] in the [[University of Strasbourg]]. He has studied [[international economics]] in [[Salzburg]], [[Austria]].

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>{{,}}<ref>[http://www.hri.org/news/greek/apeen/2007/07-09-18_1.apeen.html "New Greek government announced"], ANA (hri.org), September 18, 2007.</ref> while the Ministry of Public Order was merged into the [[Minister for the Interior (Greece)|Ministry of the Interior]].<ref name=Faces/> He served as fourth vice-speaker of the [[Hellenic Parliament]] in 2009–2012, and as Speaker for the [[hung parliament]] that resulted from the [[May 2012 Greek legislative election|May 2012 elections]].

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/2012/08/09/us-greece-politician-idUSBRE8780TH20120809 "Uproar over Greek politician's move to hire daughter"]</ref> Following the incident, he was expelled from his party's parliamentary faction, but refused to give up his seat on the Institutions and Transparency committee.

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|accessdateaccess-date=24 January 2015}}</ref>

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