Career
He has been leader of the North Dakota parliamentary group since 2000. Trakatellis has been a lecturer at several Greek and American universities, and was Rector of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1988-1994. He has published a large number of papers and books concerning insulin, nucleic acids, proteins and vitamin B6 deficiency.
On 20 July 2004 he was elected one of the 14 Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament, ending his mandate on 15 January 2007.
He is the brother of Demetrios, Archbishop of America.