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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Today↳ in the narrative

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.