Antonios Trakatellis
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Antonios Trakatellis (born 4 September 1931 in Thessaloniki
) is a Greek
Member of the European Parliament
, and an academic biochemist. He was elected on the New Democracy
ticket and sits with the European People's Party
group. He has been leader of the ND parliamentary group since 2000.
Trakatellis has been a lecturer at several Greek and American
universities, and was Rector of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
1988-1994. He has published a large number of papers and books concerning insulin
, nucleic acid
s, protein
s and vitamin B6
deficiency.
On 20 July 2004 he was elected one of the 14 Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament, ending his mandate on 15 January 2007.
He is the brother of Demetrios, Archbishop of America
.
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
) is a Greek
Greeks
The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....
Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
, and an academic biochemist. He was elected on the New Democracy
New Democracy (Greece)
New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic...
ticket and sits with the European People's Party
European People's Party
The European People's Party is a pro-European centre-right European political party. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives.The EPP is the most influential of...
group. He has been leader of the ND parliamentary group since 2000.
Trakatellis has been a lecturer at several Greek and American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
universities, and was Rector of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is the largest Greek university, and the largest university in the Balkans. It was named after the philosopher Aristotle, who was born in Stageira, Chalcidice, about 55 km east of Thessaloniki, in Central Macedonia...
1988-1994. He has published a large number of papers and books concerning insulin
Insulin
Insulin is a hormone central to regulating carbohydrate and fat metabolism in the body. Insulin causes cells in the liver, muscle, and fat tissue to take up glucose from the blood, storing it as glycogen in the liver and muscle....
, nucleic acid
Nucleic acid
Nucleic acids are biological molecules essential for life, and include DNA and RNA . Together with proteins, nucleic acids make up the most important macromolecules; each is found in abundance in all living things, where they function in encoding, transmitting and expressing genetic information...
s, protein
Protein
Proteins are biochemical compounds consisting of one or more polypeptides typically folded into a globular or fibrous form, facilitating a biological function. A polypeptide is a single linear polymer chain of amino acids bonded together by peptide bonds between the carboxyl and amino groups of...
s and vitamin B6
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin and is part of the vitamin B complex group. Several forms of the vitamin are known, but pyridoxal phosphate is the active form and is a cofactor in many reactions of amino acid metabolism, including transamination, deamination, and decarboxylation...
deficiency.
On 20 July 2004 he was elected one of the 14 Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament, ending his mandate on 15 January 2007.
He is the brother of Demetrios, Archbishop of America
Demetrios, Archbishop of America
Archbishop Demetrios of America is the current archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and Exarch of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.-Overview:...
.