Konstantinos Tasoulas
Konstantinos Tasoulas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Τασούλας; born 17 July 1959) is a Greek politician and lawyer, serving as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament from 18 July 2019.[1] A member of the New Democracy, he is a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Ioannina from 2000.
Konstantinos Tasoulas | |
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| Κωνσταντίνος Τασούλας | |
.jpg.webp) Tasoulas in 2019 | |
| Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament | |
| Assumed office 18 July 2019 | |
| President | Prokopis Pavlopoulos Katerina Sakellaropoulou |
| Preceded by | Nikos Voutsis |
| Minister of Culture and Sports | |
| In office 10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Antonis Samaras |
| Preceded by | Panos Panagiotopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Aristides Baltas (Culture, Education and Religious Affairs) |
| Deputy Minister of National Defence | |
| In office 19 September 2007 – 7 October 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Kostas Karamanlis |
| Preceded by | Yannis Lambropoulos Vassilis Michaloliakos |
| Succeeded by | Panagiotis Beglitis (as Alternate Minister of National Defence) |
| Mayor of Kifissia | |
| In office 1995–1998 | |
| Member of the Hellenic Parliament | |
| Assumed office April 9, 2000 | |
| Constituency | Ioannina |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 July 1959 Ioannina, Kingdom of Greece |
| Political party | New Democracy |
| Alma mater | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
He has also served as Minister of Culture and Sports, Deputy Minister of National Defence, and Mayor of Kifissia.
Biography
Tasoulas was born in Ioannina, Greece on July 17, 1959. He studied at the Athens Law School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and earned a law degree in 1981.
He also worked as a lawyer in Athens and London, while from 1981 to 1990 he was special secretary of Evangelos Averoff, before being elected mayor of Kifissia.
He holds the record of the Speaker of the Parliament with the most votes; having been elected with a record 283 votes "for"(ND, Syriza, KINAL, EL, MeRA25), 15 votes "present" (KKE) and two abstentions (Dimitris Tzanakopoulos and Effie Achtsioglou). It was also the first time a Speaker of the Parliament was elected by open ballot.[2]
References
- Team, ΤοΒΗΜΑ (17 July 2019). "Tasoulas elected Parliament Speaker with broad, five-party backing". Ειδήσεις - νέα - Το Βήμα Online.
- "Election of Mr.Konstantinos Tasoulas in the position of the Speaker of the Parliament". Vouliwatch (in Greek). 18 July 2019.
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