About: Nicholas Papapolitis

Nicholas Papapolitis (Greek: Νικόλας Παπαπολίτης) (1915–1993), was a Greek politician and professor of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Papapolitis was professor of commercial and shipping law, an international lawyer, and author of many legal books. He served as a legal advisor to a number of Greek governments and prime ministers on such major issues as Greece's entry into NATO and the EEC. Ηe was also a member of the legal team that drafted Greece's new constitution in 1974. From 1974 to 1981, he was a member of the Greek Parliament, heading many parliamentary committees which drafted several acts of major importance.