Athanasios “Thanos” Plevris is the Minister of Migration and Asylum of Greece. He previously served as the Minister of Health of the Hellenic Republic. He is a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for the First Constituency of Athens for New Democracy and has also served as the party’s Parliamentary Representative. He completed compulsory military service with the Hellenic Marine Corps. He is a lawyer and holds a law degree and a doctorate in law from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a master’s in law from Heidelberg University.