Makis Voridis

Makis Voridis
Μάκης Βορίδης
Voridis in 2019
Minister for Migration and Asylum
Assumed office
15 March 2025
Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded byDimitris Kairidis
Minister of the State
In office
27 June 2023  15 March 2025
Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded byVassilios Skouris
Minister for the Interior
In office
5 January 2021  23 April 2023
Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded byTakis Theodorikakos
Succeeded byCalliope Spanou
Minister for Rural Development and Food
In office
9 July 2019  5 January 2021
Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded byStavros Arachovitis
Succeeded bySpilios Livanos
Minister for Health
In office
10 June 2014  27 January 2015
Prime MinisterAntonis Samaras
Preceded byAdonis Georgiadis
Succeeded byPanagiotis Kouroumblis (Health and Social Security)
Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks
In office
11 November 2011  17 May 2012
Prime MinisterLucas Papademos
Preceded byGiannis Ragousis
Succeeded bySimos Simopoulos
Personal details
Born (1964-08-23) 23 August 1964
Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Political partyNew Democracy (2012–present)
Popular Orthodox Rally (2005–2012)
Hellenic Front (1994–2005)
National Political Union (1984–1990)
SpouseDanae Michelakos
ChildrenΤitos; Lela
Alma materUniversity of Athens
University College London

Mavroudis (Makis) Voridis (Greek: Μαυρουδής (Μάκης) Βορίδης; born 1964) is a Greek politician with the New Democracy and a lawyer, who serves as the current Minister for Migration and Asylum. He was previously involved in far-right politics and associated with dictator Georgios Papadopoulos..

A member of the Hellenic Parliament since 2011, Voridis previously served as Minister of the State in the Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis (2023 - 2025), Minister for the Interior (2021 - 2023), and Minister for Rural Development and Food (2019 - 2021) in the First Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Minister for Health in the Cabinet of Antonis Samaras (2014–2015), and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks in the Cabinet of Lucas Papademos (2011–2012).