Michalis Tremopoulos was the first Green MEP from Greece. A lawyer and journalist for many years, he was prefecture councillor in Thessaloniki, after 1998, and regional councillor in Central Macedonia. He is co-founder and member of the Greek Greens. In the European Parliament Michalis Tremopoulos has been vice-cahair of the Committee Regional Development and substitute member of the Committee Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Also, he is member of the Delegation Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo and a substitute member of the Delegation EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.