Mr. Kaminis was elected Mayor of Athens in November 2010, and re-elected in 2014, where he still serves. He was awarded the 2016 World Mayor Prize for his achievements in welcoming immigrants. Under his guidance, Athens has won several international awards such as the Mayor’s Challenge Award for its citizens’ engagement platform “synAthina” by Bloomberg Philanthropies, “Europe’s Leading City Tourist Board 2018” and “Europe’s Leading City Break Destination 2018”, in the World Travel Awards and the “Emerging Cultural City of the Year Award” in the Leading Culture Destinations Awards. Furthermore, Athens was nominated and selected as the “World Book Capital” for 2018 by UNESCO.

Recently, Athens won the “European Capital of Innovation 2018” award of the European Commission.

Mr. Kaminis is an Assistant Professor of constitutional law at the University of Athens, and a member of the Department of Parliamentary Studies and Research of the Greek Parliament.

Prior to his election, Mr Kaminis served as Assistant Greek Ombudsman, responsible for Human Rights (1998 to May 2003)  and Greek Ombudsman, unanimously elected twice by the Greek Parliament ( 2003, 2007). 

He is married and has two daughters.