News Release – Minister Kenney announces new Citizenship Judge appointment

Ottawa, May 17, 2010 — Today the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, announced the appointment of Mr. Crist Geronikolos as a Citizenship Judge in Scarborough for a three–year part–time term.

Judge Geronikolos is active in the Greek community and serves concurrently as the President of the Canadian Hellenic Congress and Vice–President of the Greek Community of Toronto. Prior to his appointment, Judge Geronikolos worked for the past 20 years at a number of life insurance companies in southern Ontario. He also has a designation as an Elder Planning Counselor.

Citizenship judges are responsible for making decisions with regard to citizenship applications, presiding over citizenship ceremonies and administering the oath of citizenship to new citizens.

For further information (media only), please contact:

Alykhan Velshi
Minister’s Office
Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Media Relations
Communications Branch
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
613-952-1650
CIC-Media-Relations@cic.gc.ca