Vassilis Kikilias is the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection. Prior to his post he served as Minister of Tourism (2021-2023), Minister of health (2019-2021) and Minister of Public Order and Citizen Protection (2014-2015). He is an elected member of the Greek Parliament since 2012  

Vassilis was born in Athens in 1974 and  is an orthopedic surgeon with a PhD from the Medical School of the University of Athens. As a professional basketball player he has played for Panionios BC , AEK BC and the Greek National Team. He is married and has one son.