Georgios Babiniotis

As a linguist, he is best known as the author of a Dictionary of Modern Greek (Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας), which was published in 1998.

In 1962 he earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Athens and he continued his studies in Greece and Germany.

Before his 35th birthday, he became a full professor of linguistics at the Department of Philology of the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens.

In 2009 he was assigned manager of the Council of Primary and Secondary Education (Συμβούλιο Πρωτοβάθμιας και Δευτεροβάθμιας Εκπαίδευσης) and he works on the changes of the examinations system in Greek secondary schools (Lyceums) that allow students to undertake tertiary education.

He frequently writes articles for the daily newspaper To Vima and was also scientific advisor for the Greek public television stations.