Curriculum Vitae
Argyris Dinopoulos
OPEN TV "Status Quo" · radio producer · author of five books · former Minister of the Interior.
Last updated: 2025
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2025 →
OPEN TV
Co-presenter of the weekly international-affairs programme "Status Quo".
2024
Television journalism — Antenna TV (ANT1)
Return to television; coverage of the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.
2021 →
Radio production
Producer of a daily three-hour live news programme on an Athens radio station.
since 2015
Private sector
Work in the private sector and in advertising.
Politics↳ in the narrative
Jun – Dec 2014
Minister of the Interior
Enacted Law 4304/2014 on the oversight of the finances of political parties and elected representatives. Created the digital citizens' registry; inter-municipal mobility of 2,827 employees with no layoffs; fiscal consolidation of over-indebted municipalities.
2007 – 2014
Member of Parliament, Athens B
Parliamentary work on transparency in the management of public resources; member of a parliamentary committee of preliminary inquiry; legislative proposals for vulnerable social groups and on rationalising the ENFIA property tax.
2003 – 2006
Mayor of Vrilissia
Pedestrianisation of the town centre (Analipsis Square); conversion of the former naval fort into a 5.2-hectare municipal park; photovoltaics for the centre, a municipal transport network, a sports centre via a public–private partnership, and two new school complexes.
Journalism↳ in the narrative
1994 – 2007
Antenna TV (ANT1)
Head of the investigative-journalism unit; produced and presented the programme "Ston Dromo" ("On the Road", 1996–1997).
Reporting: Yugoslavia, Serbia & Kosovo, Rwanda, Albania, Skopje–Tetovo, Afghanistan, Iraq; the Imia crisis. Documentary series (occupied Cyprus, the Greek diaspora).
1988 – 2000
Newspapers
Apogevmatini (1988–1992), Kathimerini (1993–1994), To Vima (1999–2000) — general and investigative reporting. The related footage is available on YouTube.
1988 – 1994
SKAI — radio & television
Head of the reporting desk for the launch of SKAI television (1992–1993). Reporting: Yugoslavia, the coup in the USSR, Baghdad, Mexico, Australia, Egypt.
1984 – 1993
ERT
Hired through competitive examination (1984). International coverage: the earthquakes in Armenia, the fall of Ceaușescu, the first Gulf War.
Published work↳ in the narrative
- 2025
It Was the Other Half-Year, You Fool! — Pedio
On the political processes behind the 2015 election result.
- 2014
The Siemens Affair — Kastaniotis
A political novel based on the Siemens case.
- 2013
The Empty Wedding Dress — Kastaniotis
A historical novel about the secret love affair between Eleftherios Venizelos and Paraskevoula Bloom.
- 2001
The War Cassette — Kastaniotis
A novel based on true events of the Gulf War.
- 1993
Is This Sarajevo? — Korfi
A chronicle of the siege of Sarajevo.
Education↳ in the narrative
1981
University College London
Master of Laws (LL.M).
1978
University of Athens — Law degree
Also postgraduate study at Paris 2 University (Commercial Law).
1974
Leonteios Lyceum of Nea Smyrni
Secondary-school diploma.
Languages & seminars
Languages
English, French.
1992
CNN, Atlanta (USA)
A seminar at CNN headquarters for journalists from international networks contributing to CNN World Report.